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Bosworth On Why AJAX Failed, Then Succeeded

Posted by kdawson on from the before-its-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "eWeek has a story describing a talk by former Microsoft developer Adam Bosworth, now a VP at Google, entitled 'Physics, Speed and Psychology: What Works and What Doesn't in Software, and Why.' Bosworth depicts issues with processing, broadband, natural language, and human behavior; and he dishes on Microsoft." Quoting: "'Back in '96-'97, me and a group of people... helped build stuff that these days is called AJAX,' Bosworth said. 'We sat down and took a hard look at what was going to happen with the Internet and we concluded, in the face of unyielding opposition and animosity from virtually every senior person at Microsoft, that the thick client was on its way out and it was going to be replaced by browser-based apps. Saying this at Microsoft back in '96 was roughly equivalent to wandering around in a fire wearing matches,' he said. 'But we concluded we should go and build this thing. And we put all this stuff together so people could build thin-client applications... Now you hear about AJAX all the time, but this was built in '97,' Bosworth said. Yet, AJAX failed for a variety of reasons, including some 'big mistakes.'"

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  1. me and a group of people??? by Chineseyes · · Score: 0, Troll

    I apologize for being a grammar Nazi but I just could not help myself.

    --
    I think the invisible hand of the market has its middle finger extended

    --A wise old fart named SC0RN
  2. Re:AJAX? stop the web 2.0 buzzword bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    its part of the fucking javascript language

    Haha. No, asshole. The technology you Firefox- and Google-fanbois love so much has been developed by Microsoft. Go suck a fat wad of semen out of Billy's greasy cock, you fucking loser.

  3. Re:Ahem... by Negadecimal · · Score: -1, Troll

    I work with AJAX. So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies.

    Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about.
    But trust me.... You don't. I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you don't know what you are talking about.

    This is how bad info gets passed around. If you dont know about the topic....Dont make yourself sound like you do.

    Cuz some Slashdotters believe anything they hear.