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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP. Of course there were variants – we preferred PostGres to MySQL and many people used other programming languages than PHP. They then launched processing capabilities (EC2) and we startups suddenly didn’t need to buy production servers.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Streaming media. Social media. Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?). 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. 11 hrs ago. 20 hrs ago. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video.