Quiz on: http://paulgraham.com/road.html

  1. "...the whole company sweats and strains to push out a single, giant piece of ______. "
    1. code
    2. cargo
    3. blockage
    4. waste
    5. software
  2. Advantages of server based software include:
    1. Users don't have to be system adminstrators
    2. Small, simple less risky releases are possible
    3. good fit for replacing photoshop
    4. a & b
    5. all of the above
  3. Which is more important:
    1. Your Computer
    2. Your Data
  4. The article suggests we should take Paul Graham seriously because:
    1. He went to MIT
    2. His product is used by more than 14,000 people
    3. He lives in a blue state
  5. Paul Graham thinks:
    1. HTML is slicker than than a desktop interface
    2. HTML is not as slick as a desktop interface
    3. HTML is good enough
    4. B & C
  6. The thin edge of the wedge was:
    1. google
    2. webmail
    3. yahoo shops
    4. Internet Explorer
  7. At any one time ViaWeb had no more than:
    1. 1 bugs
    2. 5 bugs
    3. 10 bugs
    4. 20 bugs
    5. 100 bugs
  8. Incompatibilites between web based software and operating systems will go away because:
    1. The software doesn't run on the OS
    2. The release cycle is so short
    3. The software runs on linux servers
  9. Developing Server based software requires:
    1. Strong system admin skills
    2. Ability to program in C++
  10. Server based software is better when it is time to:
    1. Install
    2. Upgrade
    3. Backup Data
    4. Move to different computer
    5. Release new versions
    6. Reproduce bugs
    7. Add Hardware
    8. Provide Support
    9. Do usability testing
    10. All of the Above
  11. Web based software requires
    1. Fewer programmers than desktop software
    2. More programmers than desktop software
  12. Fresh Bugs are:
    1. Easier
    2. Harder
  13. Paul Graham says that disadvantages of web based software are:
    1. Programmers have to also be system administrators
    2. More money for hardware
    3. All of the above
  14. Paul Graham says selling Web-based software through ISPs is:
    1. like getting double coupons
    2. like selling sushi through vending machines.
    3. sharing the risk and reward
  15. Paul Graham thinks in house system administrators tend to:
    1. cranky and unresponsive
    2. people who have your interest at heart
    3. Not inately good, not inately bad
  16. Paul Graham thinks, Personal computer software beat the mainframe because:
    1. It required less up front cost to write
    2. The user interfaces were better
  17. Costs for web based software are:
    1. Low
    2. High