Software

It looks like break.com has been in the user created media arena for a few years now and has 9 million videos shown per day. Where as youtube.com has fine tuned and modernized the concept. Their boarder market appeal allows for the higher traffic and partnering up with existing media is smarter then fighting them.

I dislike software that is time comsuming to install, software that is easy to install usually gains more popularity vs software with lots of features and only advanced users can install.

With imp requiring imap for php it can cut out a number of users by cutting out the entry level.