Re: Let's blow some new life into this community group

On 05.07.2012 09:56, Michiel de Jong wrote:
> either that, or just put erlang into browsers :)

JS is already everywhere. So my first step would be to make sure that we 
use what we have. Alternatives are welcome, but priority #1 should be 
widespread adoption in the easiest possible way. That sets the borderss 
like this (IMHO only, please flame).

- Use *only* open standards
- Make sure it is as decentralized as possible. In that sense even 
relying on DNS could be a problem. We might need to focus on better 
alternatives for "virtual home discovery" but given the current state of 
the net, it is acceptable to use DNS to kickstar the whole thing.
- Focus on garantueed owenrship of content and data.
- The reference implementation *must* be 100% Open Source/Free Software 
(AGPL prefererred from my side)
- Define very precise the input/output per stack element to avoid any 
confusion.
- Extensions come later. First the fundament is needed.

In this set of criteria, my ideal solution would be a modularised (UNIX 
style) code collection that dynamically can move between running in a 
browser or on a dedicated place somewhere else (a small VM, LXC, whatever).

The possibility to actually move code from A (browser) to B (server) in 
a dynamic way is a killer feature IMHO and would really change the world.

To avoid creating bloatware (see the requirements for the Freedom Box - 
perl, PHP, python etc) the reference implementation should be JS only. 
Later on parts of the stack can be optimised depending on platforms etc. 
but in m yideal world it would be JS only.

Jan

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