Because sooner than later we will see plug-ins that enable distributed project management.
As these guys say, we don't need a centralized hub for social network. We also don't need one for projects (Basecamp).
It's the Campfire story again: Than he had an echo against "evil" Google. but what can he say to a few nice guys going open source?
If Mr. Fried didn't roll his campaign against google free chat client, we would have a free one instead of paying for campfire.
BUT HE WILL USE HIS ALLEGED "GREATER GOOD" VOICE TO ELIMINATE ANY COMPETITION.
That really seems like a stretch, whatever you think about Diaspora, every point he made is absolutely right. They have no code, they have 000's of people watching them and they have 4000+ people who believe they should have a say in the development process.
If someone asked me up front which I would prefer to work with, 200k in money and 4000+ who all have a 'right' to be involved and their hand on a different piece of the elephant, or neither of the above....The answer would be easy.
That equation would be hugely different if I had released something already and those 4000+ people had their expectations driven by that....
I think it's not.
It's not the "product". On the Campfire issue he fought against Google's fully baked and ready product. Since he can't stick "evil" to these guys, he took another PR strategy TO SPOIL FURTHER MONEY IN.
As a "central hub" owner he has a strong interest here.
Diaspora barrier will be for non geeks, to install and configure the "nodes". But since many of his customers are geeks, they will have no trouble to switch.
Because sooner than later we will see plug-ins that enable distributed project management.
As these guys say, we don't need a centralized hub for social network. We also don't need one for projects (Basecamp).
It's the Campfire story again: Than he had an echo against "evil" Google. but what can he say to a few nice guys going open source? If Mr. Fried didn't roll his campaign against google free chat client, we would have a free one instead of paying for campfire. BUT HE WILL USE HIS ALLEGED "GREATER GOOD" VOICE TO ELIMINATE ANY COMPETITION.