Wow; node.js comes along, and its like there's a hole in collective memory. Both Netscape and Microsoft had javascript rocking serverside late nineties / early 2000's (the same time as VBScript and CGI). Also, other language interpreters ran code client-side (IE ran VBScript as I remember). It would be nice if history was as clearly delineated as stated, but it isn't. The jist of the argument is accurate tho; even people writing VBScript thought js was 'hacky' on the server :o)