Tr.im’s president:
He laid most of the blame for tr.im’s demise on Twitter, which made bit.ly its default shortening service last May. “They’re the default, and even if we’re better, it won’t matter, so what’s the point?” he said. “As soon as bit.ly was made the default, the game was over.”
via Tr.im URL Shortener Blames Twitter for Demise – BusinessWeek.
Everything isn’t about meritocracy– your product might be better, but sometimes you have to compete on other stuff such as biz dev, marketing, or financing.
