I woke up today to find 6 strange people had tried to move into my house. Excuse me! I’m living here! These screwballs created a company, copied 43 Things, and didn’t even bother to change the fonts. Hello?
Our site poses a simple question “What do you want to do with your life?” Want it in German? “Was willst du im Leben erreichen?” Copying our site is not a good answer. Changing a few words around is not innovation. I’d love some suggestions and help on sorting out what to do with these characters at aimido and I’d love help spreading the word in German speaking countries about the real site http://de.43things.com
In the mean time – we aren’t sweating the copycats. This week is busy rolling out our newest site, signing up beta testers and getting ready to make people ask “Why hasn’t this been done before?”
But the German version of 43 Things? That has been done – so get out of my house!
See more progress on: Brush my shoulders off
fyi,
http://www.aimi.cn/
Posted by: anonymous | June 21, 2005 at 05:02 PM
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Well, that, and plagiarism!
Posted by: KBB | June 21, 2005 at 07:02 PM
this would be funny if...wait, it IS funny.
They definately stole the look and feel of 43things, down to the fonts! Even if they provide the same service, it shouldn't look like your site.
Posted by: Hashim | June 24, 2005 at 07:35 AM
At least you're down to only two strangers in your house.
Posted by: Dave Weasel Erb | June 24, 2005 at 11:39 AM
Please correct me, if i'm wrong but i think all webapps that are based on rubyonrails look pretty much the same. Take a look at backpack, ta-da lists, basecamp hq, 43 things,... they all look and feel - imho - the same.
But that's in now way a free-ride to clone an idea (to use the term copy would give those thieves too much credit...).
Even better, they say they where "inspired" by 43 Things and even post that on their site (screenshot here: http://img343.imageshack.us/my.php?image=inspiredby8gv.png)
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If possible, i would sue this suckers to hell and beyond...
Posted by: Ralph | July 13, 2005 at 05:12 AM
All the apps you named were designed by the same company (37 Signals). The Robot Co-op hired them to do the design work on 43 Things.
You might have to wait for the next wave of apps to see new designs - check out Odeo and YubNub for a start. There are more on the way.
Posted by: Josh Petersen | July 13, 2005 at 08:02 AM