Comments on: identi.ca gets funding, and a case of bad timing http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/01/15/identica-gets-funding-and-a-case-of-bad-timing/ Canadian Startup Community Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:19:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonas http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/01/15/identica-gets-funding-and-a-case-of-bad-timing/comment-page-1/#comment-2959 Jonas Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:01:58 +0000 http://www.startupnorth.ca/?p=851#comment-2959 Austin, that is an interesting way to frame Identi.ca's value proposition / market position. Excited to see what's next to come from Identi.ca! Austin, that is an interesting way to frame Identi.ca's value proposition / market position. Excited to see what's next to come from Identi.ca!

]]> By: Austin Hill http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/01/15/identica-gets-funding-and-a-case-of-bad-timing/comment-page-1/#comment-2958 Austin Hill Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:25:10 +0000 http://www.startupnorth.ca/?p=851#comment-2958 Congrats to Evan & the Identi.ca team. <br><br>(Disclosure: I'm a Venture Partner @ MontrealStartup who did this deal) - I think the best model for understanding the value proposition for Identi.ca is Wordpress. Very few people thought there was a need for another blogging platform after Blogger & Moveable Type. As we've seen the availability of a open source ecosystem for blogging that was friendly for extensions, themes, developers of add-ons has created a rich ecosystem that Automattic & <a href="http://Wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Wordpress.com</a> have profited from.<br><br>While the current Twitter/Jaiku/Yammer (et all) focus of microblogging is exciting - it also misses the fact that microblogging like email is here to stay, and as with blogging or email there will be many different needs & solutions in the marketplace.<br><br>Evan has done a great job in getting Identi.ca moving forward as a good open source platform that has the potential to offer developers, corporations, hosting partners and major portals the ability to mix up their own flavor of microblogging using the Identi.ca platform. Congrats to Evan & the Identi.ca team.

(Disclosure: I'm a Venture Partner @ MontrealStartup who did this deal) – I think the best model for understanding the value proposition for Identi.ca is Wordpress. Very few people thought there was a need for another blogging platform after Blogger & Moveable Type. As we've seen the availability of a open source ecosystem for blogging that was friendly for extensions, themes, developers of add-ons has created a rich ecosystem that Automattic & Wordpress.com have profited from.

While the current Twitter/Jaiku/Yammer (et all) focus of microblogging is exciting – it also misses the fact that microblogging like email is here to stay, and as with blogging or email there will be many different needs & solutions in the marketplace.

Evan has done a great job in getting Identi.ca moving forward as a good open source platform that has the potential to offer developers, corporations, hosting partners and major portals the ability to mix up their own flavor of microblogging using the Identi.ca platform.

]]> By: Mark MacLeod http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/01/15/identica-gets-funding-and-a-case-of-bad-timing/comment-page-1/#comment-2956 Mark MacLeod Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:22:20 +0000 http://www.startupnorth.ca/?p=851#comment-2956 I think identi.ca can become the Ning of micromessaging spawning many communities. Open sourcing creates many deployment and extension scenarios, as well as multiple monetization paths. More than twitter. And if Jaiku is tied to the app engine, then - at least for now - you can't do anything at real scale on that. <br><br>All good. I think identi.ca can become the Ning of micromessaging spawning many communities. Open sourcing creates many deployment and extension scenarios, as well as multiple monetization paths. More than twitter. And if Jaiku is tied to the app engine, then – at least for now – you can't do anything at real scale on that.

All good.

]]> By: Evan Prodromou http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/01/15/identica-gets-funding-and-a-case-of-bad-timing/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Evan Prodromou Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:22:54 +0000 http://www.startupnorth.ca/?p=851#comment-2955 It's funny -- you're not the first person to think this was bad for Identi.ca. Au contraire! Google seems very enthusiastic about "creating a freely available and federated, open source microblogging platform." An Open Source Jaiku could be easily hooked into the OpenMicroBlogging network, meaning we'd have a much bigger network of sites.<br><br>Is the Jaiku software a direct challenge? Not really. It runs on Google App Engine, which is really great for a certain class of deployment. Other folks are going to be looking for different hosting options -- including deployment inside the enterprise. I think that Identica's software will be a very compelling option there.<br><br>So I'm psyched to hear about Jaiku: it's all upside for us. Anyways: thanks for the congrats, and keep your eye out -- lots more news to come in the next 6 weeks. It's funny — you're not the first person to think this was bad for Identi.ca. Au contraire! Google seems very enthusiastic about “creating a freely available and federated, open source microblogging platform.” An Open Source Jaiku could be easily hooked into the OpenMicroBlogging network, meaning we'd have a much bigger network of sites.

Is the Jaiku software a direct challenge? Not really. It runs on Google App Engine, which is really great for a certain class of deployment. Other folks are going to be looking for different hosting options — including deployment inside the enterprise. I think that Identica's software will be a very compelling option there.

So I'm psyched to hear about Jaiku: it's all upside for us. Anyways: thanks for the congrats, and keep your eye out — lots more news to come in the next 6 weeks.

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