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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by mattnewport on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:43PM (#19696934)
I didn't mean to understate the value of "just" executing better. That's exactly why I think Zoom is interesting. In tech I think people often overestimate the value of a novel idea and underestimate the value of consistently good execution. I don't think Zoom has succeeded through feature innovation but by implementing features better than the competition and making something that "just works". That doesn't mean I think their achievement is somehow less impressive or that they don't have a great product. Quite the opposite in fact.
Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by jjeaff on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:52AM (#19697181)
I understood your meaning. Although I'm not sure what their tech looks like. It could very well be that they have invented many novel ways to maintain the level of quality that they do. If it was just UI that was better, I would say ya, nothing novel. But they also seem to serve up better and cleared streams than other software I have tried.
Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by askafriend on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:42AM (#19697148)
Fair! I mis-interpreted the spirit of your original comment.