@ehashman @lathamgreen @bnewbold No doubt. The FAQ item claiming AP *couldn't* do it stung though because I spent a large amount of time detailing with Jay about how to do this, we even co-authored a document about it (maybe she didn't write that FAQ item or notice it though, I haven't talked with her about it, and maybe I should instead of just being frustrated about it here...).
I think that if they were going to build something that looked so much like decentralized AP, they could have started with the decentralized AP we spent time talking about... or at least not claim that it wasn't possible.
But I think there are some positive things coming out of the work, whether or not it succeeds. And again, I like and admire Jay Graber a lot, and I'm glad there are other good people involved. I'm serious when I say I wish the project luck in its particular domain of work, maybe something interesting will come out of it.