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> Basecamp and their suite of software scalable business?

Basecamp is a scalable business considering what it is but I doubt that 37signals makes tons of $$ with Basecamp (check their Alexa traffic, it's an aged product and overrated, popularity still comes from Rails, most that I know switched years ago to other tools).

> I don't think DHH gives a shit about Pinterest, Quora or Instagram

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They are popular because of Rails among developers, most of business/non-technical people have no idea about they're affiliation with Rails (or what Rails is for that matter). On the other hand, Basecamp is used widely by lots of small businesses and not only IT companies and it's fair to assume that most of their revenue comes from it.

"I doubt that 37signals makes tons of $$ with Basecamp"... Really?

A few people have attempted at figuring out 37signals annual profits (which mostly come from Basecamp). Some veeeeeery conservative figures put their profits at around 10M a year. Probably a multiple of that. To you it obviously isn't "tons of $$". I get it! Next, you're going to say that no one pays for "time-tracking" anymore...

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