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Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by flyosity »

dclaysmith wrote: post #56
flyosity wrote: post #31

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I totally disagree, $20/mo for a service like Basecamp is not expensive. I pay $20-50/mo per month for a whole host of services (hosting, backup storage, payment processing, etc.) and don't really think twice about them since they're business expenses. FYI: I'm an individual who has a full-time job but does projects/apps at night with a separate LLC.

I agree--$20/mo is not expensive but like @thehodge says... it all adds up. I think that in this space tho, you have a huge market of people who are "pre-business" who just couldn't justify 5-10 $20 services a month when they are pre-profit or only making a few hundred a month off of their products. Basecamp could appeal to some of these folks with a sub $10 offering.

I think 37signals won't do that for the same reason Apple won't make a $399 laptop, they don't want to be in that business. That's not the business they're in, and knowing what business you're in and not in is extremely important. I'm sure there are a dozen Basecamp competitors with $10/mo plans that would probably fit your needs.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by [deleted] »

jasonfried wrote: post #76
robinjfisher wrote: post #70

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For a company that goes on about transparency and clear speaking etc., the answer to the second question you've quoted is appalling. It doesn't answer the question at all. It should be: Will you continue to improve Classic? No. We will fix any bugs or other problems that stop our customers using Basecamp Classic but we will not be developing new features. Our focus now is on improving Basecamp Next so that Classic cu…

What's appalling about it? It's not necessarily true that we won't add new features. This is day one right now. We don't know how things will pan out. It's disingenuous to say we won't do something that we might do. As stated, the majority of our resources will go towards the new Basecamp. That's honest and as clear we can be without misleading anyone.

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Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by alberth2 »

alberth2 wrote: post #133
alberth2 wrote: post #129

System Down! http://imgur.com/e0GMk Not sure how 37signals can claim 99% uptime when on the first day of launch, it's not working.

Another bug found, I can't upload files! http://imgur.com/fy7Ie 37signals, this is why you don't rewrite software from scratch.

Arg! Bug #3 found. Now the Daily Progress is not working for me.

http://imgur.com/5ubmk

37signals, seriously.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by alberth2 »

alberth2 wrote: post #133
alberth2 wrote: post #129

System Down! http://imgur.com/e0GMk Not sure how 37signals can claim 99% uptime when on the first day of launch, it's not working.

Another bug found, I can't upload files! http://imgur.com/fy7Ie 37signals, this is why you don't rewrite software from scratch.

BUG #4!!! This is a joke right!?!?

http://imgur.com/tHXkR

Now the People ("Everyone") section won't work for me.

I can't be alone with experiencing this pain - right?

Good way to start off the launch guys. I won't be a customer anytime soon. Just say'n

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by rsinger9 »

alberth2 wrote: post #134
alberth2 wrote: post #133

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Another bug found, I can't upload files! http://imgur.com/fy7Ie 37signals, this is why you don't rewrite software from scratch.

Arg! Bug #3 found. Now the Daily Progress is not working for me. http://imgur.com/5ubmk 37signals, seriously.

Hi there. Sorry to see you're having trouble. If you fill out the support form, we'll be glad to take a look and get to the bottom of the problem.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by jonasdowney »

alberth2 wrote: post #124
netmute wrote: post #11

Great, they basically removed all the features we use in Basecamp Classic :)

This is crazy, so 37signals doesn't even allow new users to sign up for the Basecamp Classic version. Seeing this new Basecamp product makes me even more so want to use the OLD Classic version ... yet I can't.

You can still sign up for Basecamp Classic at: http://basecamp.com/classic

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by jasonfried »

FreshCode wrote: post #121
jasonfried wrote: post #111

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We purchased the domain from the previous owner a few months ago. We wanted to use it to launch the new Basecamp since the Classic version used basecamphq.com. We wanted to keep the URLs separate so this seemed as good a time as any to make it happen.

Would it have been significantly cheaper if you purchased the basecamp.com domain earlier?

It wasn't for sale at this price earlier.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by jasonfried »

lunaru wrote: post #120
jasonfried wrote: post #77

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They're called events now. You can add them to the calendar or on the Events section of a project page.

Jason, I think the confusion is that your example Project is so nicely fleshed out, people use it to grok the entire range functionality within a project. Because there is no sample Event, people will miss the small "Add Event" link hidden at the top of the page.

That could be true. We made the call to get this sample project in at the last minute (literally a day or two before launch) so we couldn't get everything we wanted in there. We will likely include events in a future version of the sample project.
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