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"Catalyst three"? It sound more like an acronym for "Command and Control Center".
Yes that is the idea: Force developers to write valid code.
In practice, however, restaurants, salons for private weedings and even individuals who throw parties in their houses are being sued (or charged with a fee) for using copyrighted music in a non-personal or profit-making way. It's totally insane.
The tax is collected not by the goverment but instead by an increasingly-powerful-lobby who "represent the artists" (called SGAE) so the situation it's only getting worse.
However, if all of you want is a standard Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP hosting you can find cheaper alternatives.
so... 2nd option.
A better web.py web site.
I was thinking about this part and I realize Y Combinator doesn't look too different from that.
Like a lot of thing in life: The most popular movie/book sells 10 times more than the #2. MS Word vs WordPerfect. Harrison Ford vs Mark Hamill... People like stars.
After you've finished reading it, learn what can Javascript libraries like Mootolols or JQuery can offer.
And of course: practice, practice and practice. Working in your own challenging projects is the best way to do that.
Enjoy it.