The _ONLY_ positive scaling paradigm on the internet is the Bazaar... [snip] >> Natural systems self-organize. Software systems do not. > > > First it is not correct to imply that running software can not > self-organize without programming [snip] > I suggest to you that is has already been proven that lowering the cycle > costs for the feedback synergy loop between what software is doing and the > programming (i.e. Bazaar and peer programmer model) squashes the Cathedral > model in the reality of the free market: > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ > > And WebSockets is about applications, application programmers, and end > users. That is an evolutionary feedback system. The _ONLY_ positive scaling paradigm on the internet is the Bazaar! Listen to this, especially around the 4:20: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/linux1_d50_48kbs.mp3 (48kbps) http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/linux1_d50_96kbs.mp3 (96kbps) [snip] > well as P2P. However, the basic presumption of the WWW is that user is > the programmer. HTML was specifically designed for the amatuer > programmer. And WebSockets opens a whole new world of possibilities > especially if we don't force users to interact with a server. Rather > spontaneously users could start interacting with each other. Listen to the first 1.5 mins of the above audio, where it is explained that half-amateur programmers bashing on code and releasing new executables every day, evolves 6 months faster than cathedral models of software evolution. Heck as further evidence, we can't even produce a simple orthogonal fragmentation framing and semantic message layer[7] in this WG without getting bogged down in so many conflated issues (authentication, cross-protocol security, encryption, etc) that have nothing to do with WebSocket. First draft WebSocket, and leave those other things for the market or a new WG to handle orthogonally. Don't conflate everything and paralyze your evolution. Smallest atomic things are the fastest. [7] http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg03901.html http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg03919.html http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg03854.html http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg03833.html
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