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> Not afraid that people will take their ideas and build a restaurant right beside of them. Really? Then how come all the bitcheness around HuddleChat How disi
by njharman 18y ago
> Not afraid that people will take their ideas and build a restaurant right beside of them.
Really? Then how come all the bitcheness around HuddleChat How disingenuous. (the lesson is correct, too bad they don't live by it)
I quote "We're flattered Google thinks Campfire is a great product, we're just disappointed that they stooped so low to basically copy it feature for feature, layout for layout," said 37Signals founder Jason Fried.
I know HN is suppose to be a cuddlefest where only the "right kind" of people are but I really think you guys need a devil's advocate post once in awhile to shine some reality on your rampant fanboyism.
- davidw 18y agoI think there's a lot of independent thinking here. The important thing is to keep it civil - to say things that you'd feel comfortable saying directly to the people involved. Personally, I am kind of skeptical of 37S in that they talk a good talk, but... I have a sneaking suspicion that their true scarcity power comes from things like Rails and their blog. Or maybe not; it's hard to tell without doing some very in depth research.
- axod 18y agoThe funniest thing for me was that campfire and huddlechat didn't really have any features or layout. It's a chatroom! Google lost so much credibility taking huddlechat down IMHO.