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Performance & the 20% Rule I was reading the post from Ed Glas , Make Your Performance Work Count: The 20% Rule . He shared the words of computer science professor & billionaire entrepreneur David Cheriton: If it is fast and ugly, they will use Read More...

Posted 07 January 09 07:32 by Jimmy May | 6 Comments   
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