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Basecamp: Web-based Project Management, Client Extranet, Project Site System: 39signals has finally released their online project management system. This has been in the works for years, it seems.

Basecamp is a simple, hosted web-based service that lets designers manage projects and quickly create client/project extranets. It lets you and your clients keep your conversations, contacts, reviews, schedules, to-do lists, and more in one place…

I got an initial invite and set up a demo account. It seems competent, and the user interface is very well done. I don’t see, however, that they’re really broken any new ground in project management. I’m not sure if there’s much ground to break.