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A few adjustments to App Engine’s upcoming pricing changes
Original Englishbut every time I started using it I always had that nagging feeling that at some point the other shoe would drop (higher pricing, service …
WaMu Fails. First major comercial bank to go.
Original English(1) it's none of our business whether a private citizen is earning $10 or $10,000,000;
Profitless Prosperity
Original Englishthe online prices are no better, then Amazon provides no benefit, and a 10% price increase could result in a much larger drop in sales. …
KISSmetrics' bizarre pricing decision
Original EnglishAnything below $100 does not make a lot of sense because even with just 2 hours of support per month (which I think is reasonable …
Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff
Original EnglishWith this in mind we made a set of targeted cuts that enable a more rapid path to profitability while maintaining high growth.
Ask HN: Fastest way to get recurring revenue with hosting?
Original EnglishThis is a legacy thing: we've been doing that before and we're still billing some of our past clients for app hosting, but stopped selling …
BufferBox (YC S12) launches deal with transit system
Original EnglishThis gives a max revenue of $40/day/box, or $1200/month/box.
Ask HN: Should I leave my company?
Original EnglishI can say that, in my company, when business was slower, we would often see the same few people constantly without work because they were …
Apple sued over multitouch
Original EnglishWe are able to recoup our R&D costs, but without patent filings as evidence, we run a high risk of this deteriorating to case 1 …