People asked: "what do you mean by "pure" IaaS?" It is a legitimate question, as the bare iron needs an operating system, some utilities, in order to be usable. In reality "pure IaaS" is the absolute minimum PaaS required to set up a server or a cloud infrastructure.
How do we define the "minimum" PaaS? Some IaaS providers take themselves the decision -take it or leave it - on behalf of the customers. Very few IaaS providers, like CloudSigma, are offering customers the freedom to choose what they need, what it works for them, what they like.
That $15M for the founder. Sure, very little I think Google (if they buy) will structure a special deal for the founder. Sequoia is known as ruthless for founders, and Google knows the original founders are important
Do hackers meditate? And if they do, what it is having to do to the condition of "hacker"? Maybe ask "do taxi drivers, meditate?" or "do traffic police meditate?"
Kindly explain Why do you say this platform has the same features with off the shelf features? Do other systems have the same ease of use? Do they do billing every 5 minutes (versus AWS 1 hour and Joyent 1 day?). Is the billing predictable, so one can have a budget? Etc.