Comments on: Google takes aim at 37 Signals!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:12:23 +0000

Actually, if someone were to make another app, and it had the same features as one of the 37signals apps, what’s wrong with that? I mean, it’s not like the “brash boys” of 37signals has the market cornered with the tab interface - only so much you can do.

Obviously, an exact duplicate is different. Barring that, I see no problem with it. It’s what the free market is about. Nobody cried and bitched and moaned when Ford’s model - T was copied by the next automotive company… it’s the way of business and anyone who doesn’t believe so isn’t living in the real world. It will happen and Jason and company can cry all they want, but it won’t stop anything.

By: Dave McCrory

Dave McCrory — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:47:51 +0000

Actually Alex, Google does now have a to-do-list application (it is a widget that is part of iGoogle) allowing a user to share their to-do-list with people in their contacts list.

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.google.com/ig/modules/todo.xml

the link above is what I’m referring to…

By: Michael Kariv

Michael Kariv — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:08:02 +0000

I am, just for fun and for my own use, developing a Gantt viewer for Google Spreadsheets. I am very much in favor of Google complementing their Office like applications to create a full suite. If they had, they’d spare me writing a pile of Silverlight code.
I think it is inevitable that Goolge, alone or through partners, will have a full suite of complemeting applications. Every single app they have is worlds behind an MS Office counterpart in functionality, with the only exception of collaboration / online availability. So the real value of Writely (now google docs) is not its awesome left ident feature, but an integration with everyhting else online.
So Google PM is imminent. In the meantime I have my own, gganttic. Will serve me well until Google Project comes.

By: Alexander Muse

Alexander Muse — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:35:58 +0000

Actually, I was just having a bit of fun. Google isn’t even really considering a to-do list application. Mike’s rumor was just a mistake by someone at Google who accidentally posted their OWN to-do list.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:14:30 +0000

Alex, nobody owns any particular market. When the next better mousetrap comes along, customers will have a choice.

Now, it the new product is a copycat, i.e. has the look and feel of a 37Signals product, that’s not very nice, agreed. But nobody can claim a domain, be it to-dos, databases, editors, games … you-name-it as “reserved” space. They just have to out-innovate the newcomer. :-)

By: Ravi

Ravi — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:07:28 +0000

I think the bigger issue was HuddleChat copying Campfire’s inteface, features, and all — it was basically a knockoff, not just another chat app.

I trust they won’t be directly copying TaDaList for their to-do app, so all should be fine in the world again.