[Fake Steve Jobs] What really freaks me out is that when you mention this to the VCs, they say, “So what? What’s wrong with that?” I used to think they were being coy. But I’ve come to believe that they actually don’t know what’s wrong with that. Worse yet, they all give me this sad look, like I’m some crazy old uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who just doesn’t “get” the whole Web 2.0 thing. Sigh. Maybe they’re right. I guess I’m getting old. But I really miss the days when people in the Valley made actual products.

I touched on this a bit the other day and have struggled with it for the last few years. The industry tends to have ebbs and flows with light vs heavy clients, but the recent trends of software just leaves me craving for more.

I really don’t like all the Web 2.0 ‘featurelets-that-are-companies’ out there - I want client experiences that can leverage the cloud for storage and data, but offer the beauty and richness of the operating system I’m working on.