I intend to replace Etherpad

Has anyone thought about creating an open-source version of this type of product?<p>That would ensure this "problem" happen in the future -- and you gets lots of brainpower in figuring out how to really improve on the basic theme!<p>What functionality would you like to see in a great collaborative online editor?

I guess it's a start but I don't like graphics, the fact it's full screen, the lack of the chat, when multiple clients are connected I see a strange "refresh" effect like scrolling on the top then returning, and so forth. Does not feel like a solid product with a nice UI currently so I think that before to add more features you should try to improve what you already have.

OT, Is there any start-up that tried free (as in speech) model for SaaS product? It will be selling point, because you don't have to worry about company going out of business or that they decided to move on to something else.<p>We need a license that will a) protect the developer from competition as long as they're in business and b) protect users from the company killing the product. When devs are not in game anymore, it must be possible for users to run the software themselves and allow others to enter the market (fork the company, not just free software). id Software's approach by frequently releasing old versions of code in Affero GPL might work.

Don't broadcast development intentions. That never works well.

Wouldn't it be funny if this was exactly what google intended when they shut it down? Surely it helps Wave and future products if a bunch of engineers start building expertise with this type of tech.

It sounded like a great idea until... <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=979055" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=979055</a>

You are not alone. I spent hours last night working on my own that's been abandoned for a long time. You are a little ahead of the game right now, and it looks nice!<p>With the leader out of the way for a while, I can't help but wonder how many of these will pop-up, and how many geeks did the same thing last night :)

Can you please put a video of your product in action (being used by multiple users) on your site please?

a forever qualm about online code editor i have is that they don't do automatic indenting properly. I have never used etherpad, i'm not sure how well they did this, but textmate is a good example to model after :D