Meh, the problem and it's solution isn't that original so I wouldn't scream ripoff just yet. Also The other site want's you to install an extension. In my personal experience (a while back so don't know current situation) it was a bit buggy, and the offline reading thing didn't work very well.
With this you can have sort of the same (minus offline reading).
I still prefer delicious (tag: toread or towatch) though, have to admit I'm a bit of a fan of the delicious site, so I'm not that objective.
Edit: How do you plan to monetize this service? Or is this more for fun?
So you need someone who has lots of ambition AND doesn't object to put in a lot of work AND get a low paycheck AND is SOL when your startup dies.
Good luck in finding that person.
True, or to be laid off if you're considered 'too greedy'.
Let's not forget your employers had this great idea and you should be happy to be honoured to contribute to that great idea. After all, you're jut a code monkey.
Tivo takes software under a free licence, redistibutes it, and takes every step possible you can't do the same thing. We see the same thing with some android handsets. Open source is freedom and creativity, we need to protect that freedom, if not, open source will die. Stallman understands this.
You can tell your customer rep that. I'm sure he will oblige.
They just want to talk to you to get everything set up like you want/need it.
How much memory does your server need? Need a backup solution? How bout an apc module? What are the bandwith requirements, do you need multi or single gigabit lines? Like I said, their business works more on a case by case basis instead of select a, b or c and proceed to checkout.
I'm not saying you have to join them, but they're a good, solid serviceprovider.
So when you ask for pricing information, you get a call from a account manager, who helps you find what you need and offers a price.
For instance if you need a server to do your email there are a lot of options and solutions to choose from, managed server or exchange mailboxes.
Ofcourse at that moment they'll try to sell you some more, like file hosting, terminal services etc...
It's just not a plan A, B and C with options x y z company.
"But don't Macs have a larger share of the 'technically-minded-user' / 'geek' (whatever) market than Wintel?"
Not in my experience... do you have the data to back that statement up?
If the jQuery people, who produce this great framework at no cost AND under an open source licence, want to put flashing yellow polka dots in a marquee tag on their site, then that's fine with me.
If this disturbs you so much, then you have two options: don't use it or fork it. They won't loose a penny by you doing so.
Well, most people who live there know what it is. :-)
Luxembourgeois: I met both of them, and they suck. Just kidding. It's true: our little brother is often forgotten..
I have no idea... Just wanted to check if there were some guys doing the same stuff we're doing. Maybe in the spirit of http://freehackersunion.org/joining.html
Actually, slashdot manages pretty well. Considering the number of users they have. Their moderation system has matured over time. And the typical WTF, 'funny pics' and youtube crap that ruins other sites is isolated on http://idle.slashdot.org/ where it can harm no-one.
I think it starts with comment moderation ( http://slashdot.org/moderation.shtml ). It's hard to get karma on /. by just fooling around, and you have to be a dedicated user to even get to moderate other comments.
Contrary to digg where a sensible comment about X can be downmodded into oblivion by an army of 13 year old fanboys.
Edit: How do you plan to monetize this service? Or is this more for fun?