Definitely agree that its unwise to think in terms of a threat. Node isn't a country that's being invaded. It's a tool that people here find useful. Having more choice in tools is a good thing. Thanks Tim.
On 10 May 2012 19:59, Tim Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's my take on this: > > I wouldn't think of it in terms of a "threat". I'd think of it as > spreading the async word further into the JVM world. That's a good thing > for everyone. > > Vert.x is broader than node, but Node is clearly a source of inspiration > for Vert.x. It wouldn't exist if I didn't like node. > > I don't think droves of node users will come over to Vert.x overnight. > It's more likely that we'll get most of our users from current JVM users. > But if a few node users find Vert.x suits their needs better than node, > that's not a bad thing either. > > In terms of competition I see Vert.x competing more with the likes of > Play/Akka. > > > On Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:32:39 AM UTC+1, Node42 wrote: >> >> <a href="http://vertxproject.**wordpress.com/2012/05/09/vert-** >> x-vs-node-js-simple-http-**benchmarks/<http://vertxproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/vert-x-vs-node-js-simple-http-benchmarks/>">Benchmark >> </a> >> >> <a >> href="http://news.ycombinator.**com/item?id=3948727<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3948727>">Hacker >> News Discussion</a> >> >> <a >> href="http://news.ycombinator.**com/item?id=3927891<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3927891>">Hacker >> News Discussion 2</a> >> >> <a href="http://vertx.io/";>Vert.**x</a> >> >> <a >> href="http://www.infoq.com/**news/2012/05/vertx<http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/05/vertx>">InforQ >> article</a> >> >> <a href="http://fbflex.wordpress.**com/2012/05/02/running-vert-x-** >> applications-on-heroku/<http://fbflex.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/running-vert-x-applications-on-heroku/> >> ">**Running Vert.x Applications on Heroku</a> >> > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Richard Marr -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
