This reads like personal drama in the form of a blog post. I didn't learn anything from it about how I should comport my company on HN, but the title pretty much demanded I click through. Irritating.
Next time keep names out of it, Jacques. I still wouldn't have liked the post much (I usually like your posts!), but I wouldn't have felt burned for following the link.
Point taken. Thanks! I got a little ticked off at this and I guess it shows, I was debating releasing the pdf of the analysis that 'phpnode' did for my site earlier today and this made me reconsider.
The insight to me is that if you post your turnover figures there will be people right here that will not even blink at cloning your pages to copy your concept.
That's news to me. If you think that's 'inane' that's fine with me but I think the insight is a valid one.
To me that says that there are lurkers on HN that are here with no other purpose than to look for stuff they can rip off.
I don't understand why discourage people to write. Not everything written by an author needs to be a great piece every single time. http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/?p=195. If OP didn't post this, how could he find out what works or does not work in his writing?
It was a good post with interesting story. It's voted up to the front page so there're sufficient interest. Not everything posted needs to read like a press release or dissertation paper. It certainly reminds me there are potential competitors lurking here and be careful of what to divulge.
