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The big companies buy the little companies as soon as they look like they may be a threat. It’s not monumental or hard to compete with them.
by withinboredom 5y ago
The big companies buy the little companies as soon as they look like they may be a threat. It’s not monumental or hard to compete with them.
- verdverm 5y agoI think you are underestimating the effort required to produce an suite of office products. Libre office is a third option, but does it have much usage? Why or why not? Could you sustain a development team capable of creating this with a limited market and revenue stream?
- withinboredom 5y agoSorry I wasn’t clear. The reason there are no competing products isn’t because it is hard. It’s because they keep getting bought as soon as someone does “good enough”
- verdverm 5y agoThey don't have to sell to them though, right?
- withinboredom 5y agoWould you turn down a "name your price or we'll run your business into the ground wink wink" (by disabling app store, never getting on the first page to results, etc). Not saying that is what is going on or anything...
- mekkkkkk 5y agoIn most cases the underdog is running on investment funds, and has handed over a significant amount of the company control to investors. When a buy is proposed, those investors have to weigh the really quick (probably really large) profit of selling versus playing the long game fighting an uphill battle against the giant. This is how promising companies are swallowed by the market leaders.
- mekkkkkk 5y ago> Could you sustain a development team capable of creating this with a limited market and revenue stream? Market wouldn't be limited and potential revenue streams would be huge. So yeah. Just as a reminder, this is still assuming that there is a significant window where the big options aren't available for Europeans.