http://www.affiliateprogramadvice.com/index.php/2008/07/23/tech-geeks-%e2%80%93-clever-but-lazy/ "we do what it says on the tin" Affiliate Marketing on a revenue share Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.affiliateprogramadvice.com/index.php/2008/07/23/tech-geeks-%e2%80%93-clever-but-lazy/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Chuck Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:38:44 +0000 http://www.affiliateprogramadvice.com/index.php/2008/07/23/tech-geeks-%e2%80%93-clever-but-lazy/#comment-565 Great post and I agree totally. Original code is hard to find with any online venture. Even Microsoft bought their code source for DOS from someone else, thus launching their success. Ebay, Digg and even Amazon were all originally built on common code/scripts. It's not about the code sometimes, but what you do with it and the users experience. And the paradox is that most people do not have a computer science degree and 20 years in C++. So we take what works and make it better for what we need it for. If you're rebuilding a car do you build it completely from scratch from just a pile of metal, and become an engineer, RnD and metal fabricator...most likely no. You buy an old Chevy and put your own skill into fixing it up, because at the end of the day it's all about the function and tasks and goals - while looking pretty. Great post and I agree totally. Original code is hard to find with any online venture. Even Microsoft bought their code source for DOS from someone else, thus launching their success. Ebay, Digg and even Amazon were all originally built on common code/scripts. It’s not about the code sometimes, but what you do with it and the users experience. And the paradox is that most people do not have a computer science degree and 20 years in C++. So we take what works and make it better for what we need it for. If you’re rebuilding a car do you build it completely from scratch from just a pile of metal, and become an engineer, RnD and metal fabricator…most likely no. You buy an old Chevy and put your own skill into fixing it up, because at the end of the day it’s all about the function and tasks and goals – while looking pretty.

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