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Re:Phoenix 1.0 by davelnewton on Friday August 28, 2015 @05:25PM (#10137928)
Describe a "new problem". I only rarely encounter truly unique problems.

One thing it does do is allow scalability in a pretty straight-forward, integrated way.

Re:Phoenix 1.0 by ChuckMcM on Friday August 28, 2015 @07:47PM (#10138394)
I like the scaling aspect of it very much.

There are lots of "new" problems with respect to changing conditions in our day to day lives. Here are a few

- Identity management across Internet and non-Internet properties

- Configuration, control, auditing, and monitoring of billions of Beacon level devices

- Zero knowledge proofs as a technique for anonymous and no repudiated purchases online

- "home" level cloud services for local and on the road implementation of always available services (mail, journaling, calendaring, Etc.)

- Reliable third party payment systems (somewhat of an old system but one that benefits from revisiting with current technology from time to time)

- Navigation and cartography tools for people in disconnected regions of the planet.

- Civil process augmentation with automation and authentication.

- Connectivity as a tax payer civic utility, without an editorial bias.

-Dynamic skills assessment for students in the presence of confounding factors (mostly remote access)

- Low friction capital markets for charitable giving (think Watsi but for everything, and with better controls than 'GoFundMe')

- Providing civic services for indigenous homeless populations.

I could go on, there are lots and lots of problems. But to be clear it isn't a criticism of Phoenix that they are not solving a new problem, the feedback was that there are lots of solutions to the general form of problem they are solving and, as feedback on this announcement, I was trying to learn from their materials how they were different (and presumptively better) than those other solutions. I'm still looking for that summary somewhere.

Re:Phoenix 1.0 by prapam2 on Saturday August 29, 2015 @12:21AM (#10139050)
These seems like architecture level problems rather then framework level.