ok, so a year (+) ago, my plans for discourse was to make a java front end that hooked up to an extended xmpp (jabber) server so i could harness all of its publish/subscribe/data pushing capabilities.

well according to this article i was on the right track. it actually links to another article that talks about web3.0

recently i decided to dump this route and go with a flex front end that will not only be pretty, but can leverage blazeDS for its capabilities. (aparently their format is much faster than plain ol’ xml. data compression, who figured?)

so now i’m torn. do i go with my original gut feeling and use all of this amazing open source tech: xmpp & java. or do i join the dark side and go the flex route. aparently flash is installed on 90+% of all internet fairing comps… but do i want to sell my soul to adobe?