[fonc] Server side JS and evolution

2011-07-27 Thread David Goehrig
On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:45 PM, Casey Ransberger casey.obrie...@gmail.com wrote: Worth pointing out that server side JS dodges this problem. Now that Node is out there, people are actually starting to do stuff with JS that doesn't run on the client, so it's happening... whether or not it's a

Re: [fonc] Server side JS and evolution

2011-07-27 Thread BGB
On 7/27/2011 6:37 AM, David Goehrig wrote: On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:45 PM, Casey Ransberger casey.obrie...@gmail.com mailto:casey.obrie...@gmail.com wrote: Worth pointing out that server side JS dodges this problem. Now that Node is out there, people are actually starting to do stuff with

Re: [fonc] Server side JS and evolution

2011-07-27 Thread David Barbour
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:40 AM, BGB cr88...@gmail.com wrote: I think fitness and merit are some often misunderstood ideas. People understand just fine that a solution of technical merit can fail due to market forces, positioning, and fear of change. But they don't need to like it. the

Re: [fonc] Server side JS and evolution

2011-07-27 Thread BGB
On 7/27/2011 1:52 PM, David Barbour wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:40 AM, BGB cr88...@gmail.com mailto:cr88...@gmail.com wrote: I think fitness and merit are some often misunderstood ideas. People understand just fine that a solution of technical merit can fail due to market forces,

Re: [fonc] Server side JS and evolution

2011-07-27 Thread David Barbour
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM, BGB cr88...@gmail.com wrote: note that my definition of fitness also includes marketing forces and economics. for example, something can have be more fit because it has lots of money invested into its marketing effort, ... I objected specifically to your