I was recently at Aibnb HQ chatting about their "competition" and have just read this TechCrunch piece from last week, which brought the issue to mind again.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/09/airbnb/ <http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/09/airbnb/> I find the whole thing pretty fascinating. Basically, people like the German Samwer brothers, build clones of popular North American sites, grow a user base and then try to sell the company back to the original. Often successfully. Obviously we don't see it to this extent in Australia but a lot of what we have is certainly inspired. It also makes me think of the following quote: "It is better to *fail* in originality than to succeed in *imitation*." Herman Melville Just wanted to gauge your opinion... Cheers, Kate @katekendall <http://twitter.com/katekendall> http://thefetch.org http://katekendall.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
