Fwd: Re: [Pharo-project] A trend and an unfair comparison about js everywhere

> Hi guys,
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> all comparisons are unfair I know but this is only to make you guy aware of this (please ignore if you're already).
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> Here is the thing:
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> The Jeff Bezos' Electricity Metaphor:
> http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_bezos_on_the_next_web_innovation.html
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> Makes (probably) any smalltalker remember the Alan Kay's talk about having in the internet an IP for every object and spectacular computer science ideas like that.
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> The js everywhere trend makes a lot of sense. Once it achieves critical mass it might tempt intel and friends to do some hardware accelerator for js VM's. Who knows. We have a long way to go but, in the meantime, all js staked frameworks make a lot of sense and WILL get traction because of that. Example:
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> http://www.wakanda.org/
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> A talk here:
> https://vimeo.com/31603156
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> So.. the unfair question here would be:
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> What we'll have to match that competitiveness?
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> sebastian
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> o/
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> PS: Pharo + WebSockets + Amber sounds in that line doesn't?
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