You know, I used to develop web apps using both Django and Rails. What made me stop using Django was this sheer fanboism by Django community. I couldn't stand it. Sure, there was a time when Rails devs were known for their fanboism. But not anymore. I find the Rails community acts a lot matured nowadays. On the other hand the Django community is going downhill. For every web framework recommendation question on StackOverflow, its "Django! Django!". They don't even bother to see the requirements. It gets even uglier on Reddit. A Django fanboy even bothered to start this site: http://ihaterubyonrails.com
Interesting, having built Django apps for a few years now I haven't noticed this ravenous Django fanboyism myself, but I'm about to start a full time job working with Rails so maybe I'll catch some flak as I mix my community participation a bit more. Granted, I have my own list of Django pet-peeves anyway, so I don't tend to let any "Django rocks, fuck Rails" comments go uncorrected.
May i know what did i post that is irrelevant to this discussion to get downvoted? You down voted me because i asked for evidence? As a mater of fact django devs were receptive to Criticism http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1777403
TechCrunch is not over.
It's just that the great-stratups-are-everywhere environment matured. It's less novel.
And the marketing playground is for non geeks = less tech blogs readers. These are all good news.
Yes, sad in that for a large group of people, myself included, the first thing I think of when I hear the word Apache or Cherokee is not two tribes of Native Americans who lived in North America for thousands of years with a complicated culture and language but instead two webservers that have been in existence for less than twenty years.
I can't help worrying that we geeks may have unwittingly removed a last piece of their national identity by hijacking and replacing the meaning of their name... and (in the case of the Apaches)relegating them to 6th place in a Google search for their own term.
Car and aerospace companies went down this path for many years before geeks. I get the feeling the logo for the Cherokee web server probably is not going to be loved by the tribe. Given what has been going on with NCAA teams, I would seriously consider changing it or getting definite permission.
I do wonder why more geeks weren't offended that Google Voice blocked one of tribal community colleges? Perhaps even one used for the name of a product (AT&T never did says which one it was). I can't help but think what would have happened if someone had not lost an opportunity because of it.
I'm not blaming anyone currently alive, but it's definitely sad that millions of people, along with their cultures, were wiped out wholesale by rapacious or at best careless invaders. I don't think that's a controversial sentiment.
I don't think anybody attributes it to "careless", at least here on the northern plains. I was wondering at the weird phrasing of the original post. It seemed odd.
Great service, used it all the time. Did priority inbox killed it? However, the idea of tracking response to important emails, and contacts you was not in touch with, is great.
