Tangential, but to add some more spice to this..
We need more fellowships like this, who explore yet other areas together.
Like for object capability social web at scale.
A couple of years ago, when you were still on Spritely Project, you sent out a toot out in which you sighed that once spritely technology would be mature enough for widespread use, it would probably be already too late.
The institute to the rescue, I guess. Valid and prudent choice.
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@cwebber @helge
It is still hard to hook on to spritely unless you have deep technical expertise. That means most others (large group) are in wait-and-see necessarily.
Choice is perfectly valid, because its the foundation team's own initiative.
Is it the best tech introduction strategy? Best technology adoption model to use?
Your community and ecosystem have to catch up, once you say "it's time for fun".
Randy's community pattern language might serve to unlock upper-stack stakeholders now.