Paul, its important that the Comet community understands how little mindshare we have. If you hadn't heard of the technology after reading thousands of startup ideas, then what chance do we have? Thats compelling enough reason to post what I remember of the conversation. I sincerely doubt my article would make other investors nervous. The interview contents don't reflect poorly on YC, they reflects poorly on our (my partners and I) ideas and the entire Comet community.
> If you hadn't heard of the technology after reading thousands of startup ideas, then what chance do we have?
You're fundamentally mistaken. The technology is 1%. Execution is 99%. You need to stop being so obsessed over technology and focus on the execution of the technology. Build great stuff on top of Comet and it won't matter what mindshare it has or whether PG has heard of it or not.
It seems as if Comet is more important than your startup. Maybe a startup isn't the right way to promote Comet, if Comet is truly what's important to you?
Consider two things: 1. interview questions may be more to do with finding out how people answer, 2. posting (possibly sensitive & flawed) recollections of an interview reflects a lack of acumen.
