adamw2k

Perfect timing with Dreamforce this week.

So much to relate to here. Midwest, HardOCP (and their folding team), local store was MicroXPress (Indianapolis), just sub Staples for the pizza gig.

Also vividly recall buying my first Bigfoot HDD, which I think was multiple GB, thinking I'd never have use for any more storage...

Now worth more than Snowflake at current market price.

It's actually common practice in many parts of the country. The practice is called Economic Development. Rarely used for residential purposes, but does finance commercial development and promote hiring. The funding typically comes from the calculated/expected incremental tax revenue to the area (State, Local, etc). Newark, CA in the Bay Area did this for a while (may still?).

Too funny - did the same thing in 2009 for a print on demand greeting card site. Wonder how many of these are still around. Cardstore, Greeting Card Universe, SendOutCards, etc. There was a moment ~ 13-15 years ago...

Also known as sandbagging... Just a way to game the next round's valuation if you find strong demand.

Funny enough, on the completely opposite end of the spectrum, I was once surprised that after you close an account (post M&A in this case), you can typically restore the resources for ~90 days if you decide you want it back and don't nuke before you request the closure. Can be useful or scary depending on the contents of the account...

just signed up here and already unsubscribed. way too kool-aid.

Yep, brings be back... + AIM, MSN, they even had a primitive IRC connection if memory serves me right.

Brings me back to the days of using Word Perfect with a keyboard overlay...