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Its a bit sad but the obituary is often the best article in the economist. In this case it was a very fitting tribute to a tech hero.

The apple rumour mills are already spinning at full speed for this one. Only 9 months to go! or is it 10 months?

Its not just math but also legal definitions/terms etc that can create traps.

I disagree with you that founders who are not across this deserve to be victims. It is impossible for founders to be across everything and intricate law and finance math is likely to be one of these area's. While a lawyer/business broker etc should be consulted in all of these cases sometimes even your lawyer can let you down and you're none the wiser.

At the end of the day I think that investors who deal in tricks and traps are on the same level of scumbag as the dodgy bankers/Enrons/Madoffs of this world.

I wouldn't be surprised if it gets packaged into windows/office.

I quite like the browser. While it kind of creates a bit of a walled garden effect. The truth is that most people browse the same websites most of the time. The potential with Ravens approach is that they can leverage that.

Quite often people will browse about one topic and then want to go to one of their other sites to get a different perspective, or to watch a video of it etc. It would be good if there was built in "search" where it can work out what topic you are reading and automatically search your other main sites for the same topic. Then you can click between your main sites to get each perspective/content on that topic.

I wonder what the optimal fatigue level is for your potential customer. Is it when they are more worn down and willing to go along with your recommendations or when they are less worn down and they have a more satisfactory experience making choices that are right for them?

Perhaps some in China are not familiar with the wine bottle and how hard it is to put the cork back in.

My read on China is that there is a weaker society culture while also having a stronger family culture. This probably means that a lot of startup financing will be from families as the middle class grows and there is spare cash around.

Word of warning just by chance my OSX hard disk was corrupted today. Luckily I had my Snow Leopard OSX disk so that I could use the disk utility to check what the problem was and attempt a repair. I had to reformat but it has made me think that keeping the disk around would be a good idea.