On: New Rule: Don’t launch a storage service if you’re going to close down within a year.

[spolsky]

Pardon me for stating the obvious, because nobody has yet: Nobody PLANS to close down within a year.

If you really want to give customers confidence that you're going to be around for the long run, you have to charge a lot of money. More than the competition. That's the only way to demonstrate that your business is viable.

[dhouston → spolsky]

well, they do charge more than the competition ;)

[wmf → spolsky]

If you have over a year of runway it's very unlikely that you'll close down within a year.