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"I'll write off your comments as the typical German nay-saying."
Weels I can live with that. I usually keep my mouth shut about such things - it was just a little bit too funny to see it and as 'davidw' already said "...the more the merrier, and things will sort themselves out." :)
I'm not saying that they are bureaucrats, I was talking about the mindset. I know some guys from 'High Tech Gründerfond' (German state fond) and I really see no difference between them and HackFWD, only that they read something about YCombinator in 'Brand Eins' or on Techcrunch and now are trying to make a hyperbolic copycat of it...
Thanks for the lesson about Lars, not that I didn't knew it already ;)
Basically the people listed at HackFWD are the same type of people responsible "for grants from the state and whatnot" - so should anyone expect different results?
"I'd like to see an Android phone with the materials and build quality of the iPhone 4."
Well, the HTC Evo, HTC Desire (like Droid Incredible), HTC Legend and something like the Samsung Galaxy S all meet these needs...