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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

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App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. Apple wants to take a major share of the revenue. But I’m with Jason Calacanis.

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The Web is Against the Ropes, But it’s Not Dead

Both Sides of the Table

My first company was a SaaS software company started in 1999. Over time, with the growth of the popularity of AJAX we had a richer experience as users and as developers. Many of us argued at the time that the browsers would get more powerful and we bet our companies on that by not developing client applications. non-mobile).

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