Some even straighter talk from Pierre Francois of 74s

[kn0thing]

http://74signals.com

[petercooper]

There's something to his "It's like ____, but for ____" schtick. DZone.com is the Digg for developers. Scribd is the Youtube for documents. Hacker News is like Reddit but for people with a clue. It's an awesome elevator pitch if you get it right.

[thomasmallen → petercooper]

Let's not breed animosity; there are some very knowledgeable people over at Proggit.

[fallentimes → petercooper]

It's straight out of the book Made to Stick.

[jlouis]

I found this very funny. Thanks for kn0thing!

[redorb]

74signals is a low blow, I respect the people who at least setup a decent blog and make 'real points'

[kn0thing → redorb]

I respect them, too. I'm a little surprised by how many people have harped on this minor detail. The name was intended to reflect how uncreative Pierre is -- embodying the worst of web2.0 copycattery (is that a word? I like it anyway).

[jcapote]

I don't get the whole 74 signals thing...

[kn0thing → jcapote]

It's twice as good as 37 signals!

[mleonhard → kn0thing]

You mean 2.0 times as good! :P

[kn0thing → mleonhard]

Touche.

[jlouis → mleonhard]

If this were true, we would probably face a promotion to 74.0 signals :/