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Re:The 37signals Effect by axod on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @04:31AM (#441568)
You can't win the argument, because millions of people are still using it, and it's growing...

I assume your startup failed. Perhaps that's tainted your view a tad.

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Re:The 37signals Effect by tptacek on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @09:36AM (#441738)
My 1999 startup did not fail because I made the wrong bet about the ancient IRC protocol. IRC isn't "growing" just because you stuck a web front end on it and started counting page views. Like I said, the overwhelming majority of your users could care less what the protocol is behind it.

You are the opposite of right; IRC is dying, and will be replaced with web chat systems with backend protocols nobody thinks about.

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Re:The 37signals Effect by axod on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @12:50PM (#441965)
"started counting page views"

Why would I count page views? Counting profit is much more fun.

I think you'll see an explosion in online webchat this year and next, and IRC will be one of the clear winners. I don't like the protocol, it's a complete mess to be honest, but that's what'll happen.

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