project: blogging software

[Scott Elcomb]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> I'm quite sure that *enormous* portions of the functionality that
>>> keeps getting re-implemented in platforms like WordPress, Slashcode,
>>> Drupal, PostNuke, and such did NOT get thought through in the fashion
>>> that Pierce suggested *BACK IN 1995!*
>>
>> When getting started as a web developer (~'04), I ran directly into
>> code-reuse problems.  Particularly since I didn't know anything beyond
>> simple HTML.  Now, after "jumping ship" from systems and applications
>> programming to web development, I wish I had systems-like RIA
>> libraries.  I think they're the way to go.
>
> Minor quibble:  The point here isn't about code reuse.
>
> Tom Limoncelli (I thought it was Tim Pierce's essay, then when I tried
> checking attributions, the "Tom" reference evidently confused me!)
> isn't particularly arguing for code reuse; he's arguing against going
> off and solving the wrong problem.  And against redesigning, badly,
> something that others have already thought about carefully.
>
> It sure seems to me that the "web news/web discussion/blog" approach
> has gone down the road of "duplicatively redesigning the same thing,
> badly."  It hasn't just happened once - it has happened many times.

System-reuse might have been a better term.  What I propose with
Atomic OS is to put RIA front-ends onto older, more proven systems.
(I have a great deal of respect for the giants that came before us.)

WebNews (aka "web news/web discussion/blog") is already out there and
not likely to go away - but bringing in some "respected" competition
might not be a bad idea.  :)

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  Scott Elcomb
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