> The person you responded to is using a different definition of popular than you are. No, he's conflating "popular" as he uses the term with "boring" as the a

> The person you responded to is using a different definition of popular than you are. No, he's conflating "popular" as he uses the term with "boring" as the article uses that term, which, as I explained, is not valid. As the GP uses "popular", I agree that tech should not be chosen because it is "popular"; see my response to tikhonj's follow-up post. But as I noted in that response, the article is not arguing for choosing tech because it is "popular" in that sense. > The article is saying to use popular technology (definition 3 above) because of the implications of "at large". No, the article is saying that you should not even care whether tech is "popular" in any of your senses; you should choose tech based on whether it does the job that you need done based on much prior experience. I.e., based on technical criteria, not popularity (in any sense). The article does imply that tech that does the job you need done based on much prior experience will be "popular" in your sense 3, but that does not mean it is telling you to choose the tech based on popularity.