>Antirez, if you could try and imagine how Redis could be used in different environments (inside devices, as a component in 'end-user' business software, and so on), you might see why 'deployment' and 'servers' and 'the cloud' is not at all the only area where Redis might shine. It's your project so your choice, but don't neglect industries and areas simply because those involved in it aren't so represented among your twitter followers!
This is how you go from a great, focused project to a buggy and bloated one-size-fits-all project that gets gradually abandoned and replaced by a new fad.
It's been my experience recently that there are a lot more downvotes, some of them seemingly random; I hope we haven't enter redditesque territory, where people downvote everything except their own post, giving themselves an effective initial +2 score. For the record, I've +1 your original comment, even though I disagree with it:
SQLite is awesome, really really awesome. It is also not a good example -- part of the reason Redis works so well is that it capitalizes on Unix process management (in a way that was apparently intended when Unix process management was evolved, but has for some reason been unpopular and long forgotten). SQLite was never in that position.
>where people downvote everything except their own post, giving themselves an effective initial +2 score
Maybe do something similar in spirit to Slashdot's old policy that you can not moderate and comment in the same thread. Perhaps here that policy would ban you from downvoting posts in a thread if you commented in that thread?
For what it's worth, I understood the comment the way it was intended in the first place. SQLite is an example of a high-quality codebase, and is available on multiple platforms. He could just as well have said "what, like SQLite, postgresql, and numerous other projects?".
The keyword here is "What", which you conveniently left out of the quote. It demonstrates the author's confusion.
Having said that, (written) language is a very error prone method of communication, even more so on an internet forum .
Unfortunately, the grandparent forgot that Sarcasm Does Not Work On The Net (old timers would recognize the SDNWOTN acronym. It really should be known better).
Back in '94, most sarcastic posts would get this reply as a first reply, which also served as a hint to other readers whose sarcasm detector failed to be triggered.
Yes, the Interwebs make it difficult to spot sarcasm, but another thing people need to realize is that some cultures don't have sarcasm to the same extent as in Western countries (UK, US, Canada).
I was making the reverse point: SQLite provides an excellent experience on Linux, OS X and Windows, and has consistently done so for as long as I can remember. It is, as far as I'm concerned, the perfect counterexample to joelthelion's argument.
Err, the point is that you can have Win32 ports without becoming "bloated and buggy."
I run Apache on Win32 all the time. Is that bloated and buggy? As well as php (well, no worse than on linux) and mysql. Postgres runs on windows as well. Then of course we have crossplatform darlings like Firefox, Libreoffice, etc.
This is how you go from a great, focused project to a buggy and bloated one-size-fits-all project that gets gradually abandoned and replaced by a new fad.