Except the most successful political fundraising machine in history that ran on Jekyll [0] :P

[0] http://kylerush.net/blog/meet-the-obama-campaigns-250-millio...

Just say we will load data(phone number) using AJAX in JSON format and everyone will be happy.

Page is static. JSON is a static file with a phone number. And use jQuery to load the JSON file.

My sarcasm detector is showing erratic results from your post. AJAX was 3 years from being invented and John Resig was about 10 years old in 1995.

Perhaps a whooshing sound should be made though, if I didn't get the joke..?!

You missed "If you removed the dates from this story.." in the parent comment.

Ah, thanks!

...into Angular.

So true. Before leaving to focus on more interesting things I've spent a chunk of my career working developing software services for some big insurers. This tale from 1995 could easily be a story of the challenges we faced in 2012/13.

Data managed in spreadsheets, layer upon layer of disconnected management, no engagement with users, very little willingness to understand software development. More spreadsheets...

I currently work for an insurance company.

Warren Buffet was spot on when he said (after investing in insurance companies): “Invest in businesses that any idiot can run because, sooner or later, one will.”

If a static page is the right answer, why would you not say so? Scales effortlessly for one thing.

I think it was a joke.

Bingo. A surprising number of modern web problems can be solved via static pages - speed, usability, scalability etc.

I remember finally turning down one project after failing to convince the small businessman that his site didn't need an unskippable flash intro with techno music.

Edit: I think that nowadays web 2.0 needs have been replaced with 'BIG Data'. I have a current client whose data set is less than 30 MB, but he insists that it is not just big data, but HUGE data! Which is a shame, As it is an interesting problem he has, but I will probably turn it down too.

If Excel can't open it...