> Truly building something that really, really matters requires large adoption. And it seem to me every move they made was the opposite.
> but honestly, to get really adoption, real wide traction
> they never really cared about that much at all.
It's all a matter of perspective. Rich been really upfront with that both Clojure and Datomic are products of Rich's solution to particular problems he experienced.
Datomic does really, really matter, even with the "small" adoption it has, for me. Even if I haven't used it myself a lot. And who are anyone of us to say what "truly matters" when it comes to how we spend our time? Clearly, Datomic does matter, otherwise these people wouldn't have spent a decade building it, so it does matter on some level.
Maybe that doesn't match up to your "truly, really, really matters" imagination, but it feels kind of weird to reach the conclusion that Datomic doesn't matter, based on what you believe to be impactful.
Ideas can live on beyond what the original projects carry, which is clearly the case with Datomic, and with basically any project (so far) Rich decided to work on.
> but honestly, to get really adoption, real wide traction
> they never really cared about that much at all.
It's all a matter of perspective. Rich been really upfront with that both Clojure and Datomic are products of Rich's solution to particular problems he experienced.
Datomic does really, really matter, even with the "small" adoption it has, for me. Even if I haven't used it myself a lot. And who are anyone of us to say what "truly matters" when it comes to how we spend our time? Clearly, Datomic does matter, otherwise these people wouldn't have spent a decade building it, so it does matter on some level.
Maybe that doesn't match up to your "truly, really, really matters" imagination, but it feels kind of weird to reach the conclusion that Datomic doesn't matter, based on what you believe to be impactful.
Ideas can live on beyond what the original projects carry, which is clearly the case with Datomic, and with basically any project (so far) Rich decided to work on.