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"Talent and know how"? Seriously? Is writing a webchat client some black dark art? There's nothing much you need to know to write a webchat client. Campfire i
by theknown99 13y ago
"Talent and know how"? Seriously?
Is writing a webchat client some black dark art?
There's nothing much you need to know to write a webchat client. Campfire isn't high volume, so it doesn't need to be too efficient either. Last time I checked campfire processes a few messages a second. Heck you could rewrite it in PHP/MySQL if you were that way inclined.
Campfire didn't succeed because it was a good product. It succeeded because they marketed it to their "following" who bought into it.
- josefresco 13y agoYou could levy that same criticism on any company who leveraged an existing success to market and sell a less than stellar product or service. Many times people will see a product or company and think "how simple, I could have made that ... why did they succeed?" Everyone has assets they bring to the table that help them succeed. For some it means they can create and sell a less than stellar product because they have existing leverage in a market that give them an advantage an average "Joe" wouldn't.
- timjahn 13y agoYour arm chair quarterbacking is adding oh so much to the conversation. Are we really back to the childish argument of "this is so easy to build, would just take a few minutes"?
- theknown99 13y agoI'm not sure it's quite arm chair quarterbacking. I've written a few webchat clients. The point is, if you bought campfire, all you'd really be buying is the existing customer base.
- xutopia 13y agoWhen campfire came out there was no competition.