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but how are the actual products different?...

• Danieru 14y ago
  Need they be? Etherpad was good enough to get bought, clearly a product just like Etherpad would be of some value. Looks like Salesforce thought so.
  • igorsyl 14y ago
    I believe Etherpad was open sourced. I suspect there are other reasons why Salesforce went ahead with the buyout. Perhaps licensing?
    • chrisdroukas 14y ago
      Talent acquisition?
      • tbundy 14y ago
        Yep, got to be (congrats guys). Etherpad/ShareJS code is great, but limited without the brains to fully exploit the capabilities.
      • igorsyl 14y ago
        Interesting. How about talking an existing product and reimplementing it? It would be different but not by design. I wonder whether this is a good strategy for a bootstrapped team.