[nichochar]

I like meteor, I think it's a good framework, that solves well the "Make a webapp with non critical data but where real time is critical" problem.

I've also used angular, which I also like, but has a little bit more of a learning curve drawback.

I do unfortunately believe that a project or framework should make it not because it's CEO or leader is good at selling something, pitching VC's, and creating a brand, I think a project or framework should make it because it is the crowdsourced best solution to a problem. And this kind of money raising worries me a little, because it gives an unfair advantage to a framework. Now meteor might be the best answer, but if it's not, this is a shame and we all stand to miss out on a potential right answer for this...

Anyway, all of this is a little moot because I believe you shouldn't be using javascript for this kind of stuff ^^ but that's another debate altogether

[oldmanjay]

In the long run, you'll probably be happier if you realize there are no "right" answers in software engineering. People who can't get past the belief that there is spend a lot of their time telling kids to get off their lawn.

[wmf]

It's way too late for that anyway. AFAIK DerbyJS was better than Meteor all along but no one has heard of it.

[akhatri_aus]

I've heard of it and have used both and disagree.

Keep in mind both are open source projects. The community has been immensely successful filling up Meteor's gaps.

[gooseus]

The investors are extremely appreciative of that... it'd be a shame if they had to invest in actual filling out their own gaps with the 20M they've raised.

That money is better spent convincing other developers that Meteor has no gaps.

[auganov]

I don't agree about the unfairness or that it will have a negative effect. But I do think that Meteor's nature as a framework, might be its downfall as a company. I have a hard time imagining how Meteor is going to be able to contain or maintain control over the project given how broad it is. They'll need to provide really strong integration benefits to fight unbundling.

[jules]

This is not a zero sum game.