ordinathorreur

As a skateboarder I could see this being a lot of fun. It would be great if the project could be donated to a local skatepark once taken down.

Why would a profitable company like Basecamp need VC money?

I don't think this holds true anymore. I would argue that many of the articles have become more popularised. It is undeniable that HN has changed over the years. I'm not saying it is like Reddit, but there are certainly parallels with the way Reddit evolved.

Then that's just a necessary step towards getting your product in the hands of people then. However, do you really need to charge customers until you've validated your ideas? I see a lot of projects offering their product for free while in beta, perhaps that's more in line with what the article is trying to argue.

Game designer Warren Spector worked on both the Ultima series and Deus Ex which might explain the similar philosophy.

Why on earth does this belong on HN?

Perhaps we should stop labelling people coders and business people; that might be helpful.

Why should everyone have to purchase another OS, at a high price, just to work around another OS's problems? Shouldn't you be contacting your OS provider about this instead?

Exactly, most people at the meeting were working on startups, just currently a little later in the life-cycle