Hey, Hank, the last time you flamebaited us with "Relational Databases are Dead", we played along and had a nice little thread. But that was your only free pass.

On to new business...

First of all, I still chuckle at "whydoeseverythingsuck.com" That thought is the antithesis of everything we (should) believe here. I guess it's just your little tongue in cheek thing. Cool.

You say, "it is inherently impossible to start a small self-sustaining business and to grow it". I, along with 7 million of my compatriots beg to disagree. If you don't want to play roulette, er I mean pursue VC, there are a lot of other ways: bootstrapping, friends and family, angels, debt, etc., etc., etc.

I guess the thing that bothers me most about that remark is that someone may come here, read that, actually believe it, and then become discouraged.

OTOH, maybe it's just another form of Darwinism. Anyone who pursues an "advertising = only revenue" strategy should be prepared for the worst. More prospects for those of us with sound business models.