Greetings Clarence,
Welcome to Web 2.0 Discussion community. I am somewhat surprised to see that much correlation between the two products - GroupLoop and CollectiveX - namely your own outlet. While I can see similarities on possibly layout and functions, there are also major differences. CollectiveX, the way I see it, is a player that has networking functionality as major part of application functionality and distribution (the way teams can promote and invite others to join their groups). In my perspective GroupLoop is a more "closed" teamwork environment, while CollectiveX offers more than just teamwork tools for groups. Finally, the pricing strategy is different. GroupLoop uses a standardized approach - bundled deals, while CollectiveX offers unique a la carte pricing - something to brag about! While such pricing approach gives you billing headache, it gives groups a very flexible setting.
The question comes to mind though - on the turf as competitive as Collaboration 2.0 - how protected can you really feel? Certainly I would not like someone coming around the corner and copying my application's look and feel when I've done all the work, but what is the real extent of potential teamwork functionalities that a developing company can go about when creating a web based collaborative software? The line of features are narrow - what can really protect you as a business owner from someone throwing another group-collaboration application on the market with similar features tomorrow?
Best,
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