I think 5 days from now would have been too late. At that point it would have seemed like they typical "hindsight is 20/20" Monday morning quarterbacking. At least by making a statement now, as forgone a conclusion as it may be, he can at least pretend that he isn't the 30th person on a bandwagon that seats 60.
Like MG or the other marketers of the silicon valley dream there is the perception that it's a meritocracy, and we all want app.net to succeed on merit. But if were really merit as opposed to execution + opportunism we wouldn't have companies like Zynga (current share price be damned, Pincus got his). MG is just perpetuating the trend: execution (leveraging svbtle/TC cred) + opportunism (pretending he isn't telling the audience what they already know).
My point was, we all want app.net to succeed, because it means our success is mostly in our own hands and our faith in people's ability to see past the quick, easy and free. I like that thought too, I don't have much faith in it but I like it. MG is cynically playing off that hope as well.
Like MG or the other marketers of the silicon valley dream there is the perception that it's a meritocracy, and we all want app.net to succeed on merit. But if were really merit as opposed to execution + opportunism we wouldn't have companies like Zynga (current share price be damned, Pincus got his). MG is just perpetuating the trend: execution (leveraging svbtle/TC cred) + opportunism (pretending he isn't telling the audience what they already know).