>nobody's really believed they had a shot since that code release a year ago that showed they had no real technical skills to back up the project. I really hav

>nobody's really believed they had a shot since that code release a year ago that showed they had no real technical skills to back up the project. I really have no idea why people thought the project had a serious shot in the first place. From the get go they were talking up hugely ambitious features like video-chat while never explaining how they intended to deal with the core architecture of the project. Simple fact of the matter is that they happened to announce when being pissed at Facebook was a common sentiment, and people expressed their anger by throwing money at these kids. It really didn't take more than a cursory look to see that the chances of something worthwhile being built, let alone taking off, were minimal.