Two Startups Battle Over Who Invented Risk-Like War Game First (techcrunch.com) 31 points by jmorin007 18y ago ↗ HN
[–] wumi 18y ago ↗ so did Mike find out about this via HN? [–] rms 18y ago ↗ I'm sure... [–] fleaflicker 18y ago ↗ This is where being a YC company is invaluable:1. PG said he would contact the NYT journalist personally; he probably did the same with TechCrunch.2. Even without Mr. Graham making calls on their behalf, how seriously would Kirkland's claims be taken without the YC pedigree? [–] aston 18y ago ↗ pg says NYT was "pwned." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=142524 [–] slim 18y ago ↗ this is bad news for my http://markkit.net if http://awesomehighlighter.com could make it to YC. :-)this makes me wonder about this post : http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the...since i can't be "the first" (not beeing funded by YC), and since we are both "free". my only chance is to be "the good".I think I'm taking the challenge.
[–] fleaflicker 18y ago ↗ This is where being a YC company is invaluable:1. PG said he would contact the NYT journalist personally; he probably did the same with TechCrunch.2. Even without Mr. Graham making calls on their behalf, how seriously would Kirkland's claims be taken without the YC pedigree? [–] aston 18y ago ↗ pg says NYT was "pwned." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=142524 [–] slim 18y ago ↗ this is bad news for my http://markkit.net if http://awesomehighlighter.com could make it to YC. :-)this makes me wonder about this post : http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the...since i can't be "the first" (not beeing funded by YC), and since we are both "free". my only chance is to be "the good".I think I'm taking the challenge.
[–] slim 18y ago ↗ this is bad news for my http://markkit.net if http://awesomehighlighter.com could make it to YC. :-)this makes me wonder about this post : http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the...since i can't be "the first" (not beeing funded by YC), and since we are both "free". my only chance is to be "the good".I think I'm taking the challenge.
[–] iamwil 18y ago ↗ I hope they're not spending their time bickering, and just more time making things work better. [–] fleaflicker 18y ago ↗ Having the best product does not guarantee success. Not even close.As you can see here, nothing beats out some well-placed PR (at least in the short-term). [–] aston 18y ago ↗ And releasing early.
[–] fleaflicker 18y ago ↗ Having the best product does not guarantee success. Not even close.As you can see here, nothing beats out some well-placed PR (at least in the short-term). [–] aston 18y ago ↗ And releasing early.
[–] mynameishere 18y ago ↗ Casablanca Software Inc.http://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/computer-edition-of-ris...
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 40.1 ms ] thread1. PG said he would contact the NYT journalist personally; he probably did the same with TechCrunch.
2. Even without Mr. Graham making calls on their behalf, how seriously would Kirkland's claims be taken without the YC pedigree?
this makes me wonder about this post : http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the...
since i can't be "the first" (not beeing funded by YC), and since we are both "free". my only chance is to be "the good".
I think I'm taking the challenge.
As you can see here, nothing beats out some well-placed PR (at least in the short-term).
http://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/computer-edition-of-ris...