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Some even straighter talk from Pierre Francois of 74s

• petercooper 18y ago
  There's something to his "It's like ____, but for ____" schtick. DZone.com is the Digg for developers. Scribd is the Youtube for documents. Hacker News is like Reddit but for people with a clue. It's an awesome elevator pitch if you get it right.
  • thomasmallen 18y ago
    Let's not breed animosity; there are some very knowledgeable people over at Proggit.
  • fallentimes 18y ago
    It's straight out of the book Made to Stick.
• jcapote 18y ago
  I don't get the whole 74 signals thing...
  • kn0thing 18y ago
    It's twice as good as 37 signals!
    • mleonhard 18y ago
      You mean 2.0 times as good! :P
      • kn0thing 18y ago
        Touche.
      • jlouis 18y ago
        If this were true, we would probably face a promotion to 74.0 signals :/
• jlouis 18y ago
  I found this very funny. Thanks for kn0thing!
• deleted 18y ago
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• redorb 18y ago
  74signals is a low blow, I respect the people who at least setup a decent blog and make 'real points'
  • kn0thing 18y ago
    I respect them, too. I'm a little surprised by how many people have harped on this minor detail. The name was intended to reflect how uncreative Pierre is -- embodying the worst of web2.0 copycattery (is that a word? I like it anyway).