[meric]

What about a repository hosting service for non-source code related projects? Office workers don't use git, yet.

>> I'm thinking of just copying other startups but charge less as a possible strategy. Is this a good idea?

No. As others mentioned, existing startups will be better than you are at the same problem because they've been doing it longer. As a result they can always charge lower than you.

What you can do is take an existing startup idea and aim it at a totally different class of users. For the example above, instead of recreating git, what about Google Docs with version history, and aim it at office workers? They don't use Google docs much because Word is almost better at everyway except sharing, which they do using email instead of via Google docs. From friends' anecdotes, it's because email provides crude version history, but google docs doesn't even provide that.

Just an example.

^^ The above things I said was what I learned in MKTG1001 Marketing Principles class. Business School makes sense some of the time, I think.

[qohen]

In this vein, if you want this kind of functionality, the following might be worth checking out--a plug-in for WordPress that turns it into a version-control system for any type of file:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-document-revisions/

"WP Document Revisions is a document management and version control plugin. Built for time-sensitive and mission-critical projects, teams can collaboratively edit files of any format -- text documents, spreadsheets, images, sheet music... anything -- all the while, seamlessly tracking the document's progress as it moves through your organization's existing workflow."

More info (incl. screencast):

http://ben.balter.com/2011/08/29/wp-document-revisions-docum...

[pbhjpbhj]

It's my understanding that dumping files in to dropbox (on a paid for account) can be set to retain all past versions. That seems like a pretty sensible way of keeping versions but of course without merge abilities and such.