> Frankly, I don't understand why. I mean, how many people use > del.icio.us<http://del.icio.us>today vs. what's the size of Flock's > target market?... And how hard is it to > clone del.icio.us?. <http://del.icio.us?.>..
Both not-hard and hard. Several people have cloned the functionality, but it's hard to clone positive returns to scale. > I would've thought it would've made sense for these folks to roll their own > - hoping to leave del.icio.us <http://del.icio.us> in the dust - but ... > shows how much I know, I guess. Why re-invent when you can integrate? The del.icio.us codebase is an empty vessel -- the value comes from us. Starting from scratch means starting with zero value. Starting with del integration is free, and means less distraction from browser-writing, including the fact that del's server-based model requires a different set of skills than writing and shipping a browser. I share your skepticism about Flock's target of 100M users -- that is an absurd number -- but starting with an empty clone of del would leave them with *fewer* initial target users and *more* work to do, a distinctly bad set of options relative to the alternative. -c _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
