From: Jonathan Leighton <lists@...>
Date: 2006-01-25T06:09:17+09:00
Subject: Re: About rant on Dave Thomas site, titled 'imitation...'

On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 00:36 +0900, simonh wrote:
> Couldn't post a reply on Daves site so thought i'd post one here. Here
> is post:
> 
> http://blogs.pragprog.com/cgi-bin/pragdave.cgi/Random/Imitation.rdoc
> 
> I think this is happening a lot. 37signals has been ripped off
> according to DHH (I believe), rails has inspired many 'best ever, just
> what you were looking for' web frameworks. I think it is a fact of
> life. Selection of the Fittest in action. The unworthy will surely
> perish as they always do.

This is something called competition which is generally considered to be
a good thing for consumers (that's us). I agree ripping stuff off is
somewhat low, but if they can still pull it off better than the copycats
there is nothing to be concerned about.

Ultimately I don't really feel sorry for any of these companies that
have been "ripped off"; that's part of being in business in the first
place (at least if you're doing anything remotely interesting)

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