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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. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this.

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The Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping

Software By Rob

Richard Chen of PHP Grid recently made the jump from one-time sales to leaving his job, and is working on climbing to the next step. When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO.

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The Stair Step Method of Bootstrapping

Software By Rob

Richard Chen of PHP Grid recently made the jump from one-time sales to leaving his job, and is working on climbing to the next step. When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO.

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The Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping

Software By Rob

Richard Chen of PHP Grid recently made the jump from one-time sales to leaving his job, and is working on climbing to the next step. When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO.

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20 Great Sign Up Form Examples to Learn From

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer. You can develop web.apps in assembly language if you insist, but it’ll take 10 times more time and money than doing it with.net, php, ror or other modern languages and you’ll have 10 times more bugs to deal with.

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A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks

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Up to 2005 they were the only solution supported by all major browsers at the time. When not hiking or stargazing, he crafts HTML and CSS, spends a lot of time debugging PHP and MySQL, ponders the details of user experience, and injects bits of personality into staid websites. Old school. Comments.