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You ever see those commercial restaurant spaces which seem like a good spot on paper, but every restaurant that goes into it seems to fail? Thats kind of how I
by mikeryan 12y ago
You ever see those commercial restaurant spaces which seem like a good spot on paper, but every restaurant that goes into it seems to fail?
Thats kind of how I feel about all the "We fixed email" startups. A real pain point but one I'd never want to tackle since there doesn't seem to be one "I've fixed it" solution.
- nobbyclark 12y agoThe real pain point with E-mail is we're all drowning in it.
- spang 12y agoHi there, Christine from Inbox here. That's why we're tackling the problem from a platform level, not building one specific product---it's obvious to us that the ways folks are using email these days are so varied that no one thing solves them all. A better toolset allows many different solutions.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoWhat do you mean, "platform"? Where's the RFC?
- pc 12y agoThat's unfair -- not all platforms have IETF specs (iOS, Android, AWS, etc). You might prefer platforms that have proper specifications, but the presence of one is not implicit in the term.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoWalled gardens. That doesn't bode well. Still, I understand the nitpick, it's just that there isn't a word to describe them. Open Standards?
- xorcist 12y agoBut none of those went up against a platform which did!