simon koldyk » Google http://simonkoldyk.com web entrepreneur - vancouver blogger Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Google takes down HuddleChat http://simonkoldyk.com/google-takes-down-huddlechat/ http://simonkoldyk.com/google-takes-down-huddlechat/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:52:14 +0000 Simon Koldyk http://simonkoldyk.com/?p=21 There was a few complaints of HuddleChat, that says it was copying Campfire. So Google removed it and then put up the above message. The problem with that as HuddleChat wasn’t affiliated with Google just build by a few Google developers.

I think Micheal Arrighton had it right when he said

The right call was to leave it up. Or lean on the developers to take it down themselves. They didn’t think through their own legal BS in the rush to please Jason Fried.

Edit: he’s also gone and created a Facebook group to bring it back

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Currently you can only have three apps and there doesn’t seem any way to delete an app, so be careful when your naming them, maybe create one just for testing.

I’m still testing it out but features like version control, error testings and easy to scale are a big plus. I also like the ability to create things just for inside your domain, you can change it so that you are required to use your Google Apps login to use your application if you choose to turn that security feature on.

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