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From the looks of it, he wants to clone Balsamiq not because he thinks he can do the concept better, or because he has a different take on it, or because he's i
by jon_hendry 16y ago
From the looks of it, he wants to clone Balsamiq not because he thinks he can do the concept better, or because he has a different take on it, or because he's inspired by that sort of functionality, but because they say they make a lot of money.
That's all.
He basically wants to ride on their coattails, and presumably sell a cheaper knockoff.
Which is, I think, rather sleazy.
- jamesbritt 16y ago"Which is, I think, rather sleazy." Why, exactly?
- jamesbritt 16y agoTo whomever modded me down: Are you capable of expressing an informed answer to a serious question, or is it that you just get dumbstruck at the prospect of explaining something you'd rather just take as a given? The idea that plain copying for the sake of making a cheaper knockoff is somehow wrong or sleazy is prevalent in many places, but never well articulated. It seems entirely a cultural thing, something that bothers some people because that's all they've known. If there's a deeper reason, I'd like to know what it is.