Makes for a great read I would have pasted it here... but its 3x the allowed character count here at xenforo https://plus.google.com/11267870222...svaVX#112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX
in case this epic rant vanishes from google, here is a mirror http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3101876
I didn't understand the frame of reference until I (ironically) Googled "Steve Yegges" - he's a Google engineer, which makes it all the more interesting.
A very interesting read. It also explains why Facebook grew stronger while similar products like MySpace slowly died off. It also gives me some things to think about as far as ideas such as F/OSS are concerned, as well.
