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wumi on June 11, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: 37 Signals hates competition

huddlechat=campfire and was made on Google App Engine in like a week or something.

37signals IS successful because their stuff is minimal, which, again, is why Google would eat their lunch.

pchristensen on June 12, 2008 | [–]

But copying something doesn't mean you can come up with the next thing.

wumi on June 12, 2008 | | [–]

See Gmail. Google will do it better. Moreover, the integration with Google Apps/Docs automatically increases its versatility for someone already using Google Apps

chaostheory on June 11, 2008 | [–]

37 signals keeps on cranking out new minimal apps though...

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