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by denton-scratch 1635 days ago
> it simply happened organically based on its own merit

I think I agree with you. I'm not sure I agree with "organically", though - it happened almost instantly[0] when IE delivered XMLHttpRequest. It was irresistible because it was so useful.

[0] By "almost instantly", I mean over about 6 months. By the time Firefox delivered XMLHttpRequest, AJAX was already everywhere.