If you happen to be one of us who do web-based application development you may have at least heard the rumblings of Javascript 2, the successor to the current Javascript implementation supported by major browsers, and used more and more with the advent of the buzz word “Web 2.0” over the last year. If you read any information on this Javascript 2 you might have been a bit excited about some of the new features, especially in language features, that were in the pipeline.

Here is an interesting read that talks about how the ECMA group, the party responsible for drafting up the Javascript language standards, has basically scrapped the current documents and talks of Javascript 2, and started a new project name, Harmony.

It is a facinating read about how this standards committee has had to scrap the current specs due to in-fighting, politics, and overall change of direction. Sounds like my job!! :)