I hate it when I hear people who have probably never coded in their lives, saying how easy it is to build something. From the outside everything seems like a piece of cake, but software engineering is more than that. It takes time, concentration, dedication and creativity.
Considering you take two off the shelf pieces of software and do the work I don't think this is implausable. Also I think it was more a commentary on how silly the Summly buy was.
