<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Agreed. Let's start worrying about erlang being too big when it's the size of Python. Or maybe PHP. I just can't see a problem with 10x more erlang projects (open source or otherwise), companies and developers. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Growing the erlang community is a good thing.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(By the way,
to allay any fears, erlang won't grow by dumbing down, but by solving some set of important problems better than the rest.)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Best,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Thomas</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, February 14, 2014 1:22 PM, Valentin Micic <v@pharos-avantgard.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7568505530"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Seems to me that scarcity is a GOOD thing for Erlang programmers. Java coders are a dime a dozen (not necessarily good ones, mind you). Folks who know Erlang are harder to find - should drive the price up.<br
clear="none"></div></blockquote><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Am I the only one seeing how wrong this statement is?</div><div>Basic ECON-101 predicts that people buy more of the "stuff", when the "stuff" is cheaper, and, conversely, less of the "stuff" when the "stuff" is more expensive; thus, the obvious outcome cannot be a "GOOD for thing Erlang programmers", as they would eventually go extinct. </div><div>Or let me rephrase it -- it may be a "GOOD thing for Erlang programmers" until a cheaper alternative is found. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If Erlang is to be taken seriously, it has to be seen to have a value beyond (somewhat myopic) value derived by individual programming mercenaries. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Within the organization I work for, we have used Erlang for every project since 2002 (and there's been many projects since, and many more to come). Currently we are on average 30%
cheaper than our competitors (that are using Java, etc.) and, mind you, still making a reasonable profit that allowed our organization to grow.</div><div class="yiv7568505530yqt2553042644" id="yiv7568505530yqtfd56285"><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="yiv7568505530yqt2553042644" id="yiv7568505530yqtfd31129"><font class="yiv7568505530Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br clear="none"></font>Short version: If I were hiring for a project that was inherently concurrent, and required 24x7 operation - I'd be LOOKING for Erlang on a resume. Someone who spent most of their time coding Java would be a non-starter.</div><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none"><div>Indeed, for as long as this project may be realized with reduced cost, as a consequence of being more appropriate than Java equivalent.</div><div>But, also, the fact that one knows Erlang, does
not mean that such a person knows how to put it to good use.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Kind reagards</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>V/</div></div></div><br><div class="yqt2553042644" id="yqtfd68791">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">erlang-questions mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:erlang-questions@erlang.org" href="mailto:erlang-questions@erlang.org">erlang-questions@erlang.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://erlang.org/mailman/listinfo/erlang-questions" target="_blank">http://erlang.org/mailman/listinfo/erlang-questions</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>