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Can someone explain to me why I'm getting down voted? Seems bogus. Whatever, it's internet points, if people want to take my points, take 'em, they are worth what I paid for them. I'm slowly getting to the point that hackernews is like facebook, the trolls win. If that's the case I'm out. There are lots of better uses of my time, I'm trying to help get a company started, my younger kid wants to build a gokart, I need this crap like a hole in the head.
By the way, HN, shit like this is why important people don't hang out here. I'm not a big deal, I get that, but I'm not nobody. When you wonder why the real movers and shakers aren't here, this is why. Trolls. Why the heck would anyone doing stuff submit themselves to this crap? Why should they?
I get it, there are bad players that down vote for bad reasons. You need to get that because of that, I think it's gonna be a rare event where you get AVB or WNJ or David Patterson or John Hennessy or anyone really doing stuff to come participate here. There is no upside, well, there are internet points and those have changed my life (jk), there is no upside and stupid people can piss all over you.
I'm not as good as those guys I mentioned, though Granite Systems was a result of AVB finding me in a bar in SF and asking me to spell out what I'd want in a switch, but he did it, execution is everything, ideas are nothing. But I'm here and willing to share what I know and people shit on me? I started and ran a profitable company for 18 years in the valley and people shit on me? I've got lots to share, I'm retired and all I want to do is help people and still people are mad at me.
Time to exit stage left. Enjoy not learning from me.