As you can see here, nothing beats out some well-placed PR (at least in the short-term).
1. PG said he would contact the NYT journalist personally; he probably did the same with TechCrunch.
2. Even without Mr. Graham making calls on their behalf, how seriously would Kirkland's claims be taken without the YC pedigree?
this makes me wonder about this post : http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the...
since i can't be "the first" (not beeing funded by YC), and since we are both "free". my only chance is to be "the good".
I think I'm taking the challenge.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/computer-edition-of-ris...