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"37signals can cry foul, but they're discovering the downside of making products with low barriers to entry." according to the first comment on the 37Signals is
by jrnkntl 18y ago
"37signals can cry foul, but they're discovering the downside of making products with low barriers to entry." according to the first comment on the 37Signals issue on readwriteweb (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/huddlechat_campfire_rip.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/huddlechat_campfire_rip...)
That and "you can't btch about it because you don't have the fanbase"; pretty much sums up this article :)
But still a nice read.
- 11ren 18y agoI think the layout similarity was an issue; but it seems to me that they just have demonstrated a barrier to entry (a non-product one). For a product company, 37Signals does a lot of blogging, conferences, a book and so on. I think the guys are good at this, and they really enjoy it. It makes me think that, in a way, 37SIgnals is really an educational/PR company, that happens to make money from their software. If you want something like what they make, you'll need to pay someone to host it - why not them, since they are nice guys?