Article: "Why Ruby on Rails Succeeded"

Ruby
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You may or may not find this article interesting or
entertaining.

http://www.cio.com/article/125851

Beware – it presupposes the concept that Rails HAS
succeeded. It does not attempt to prove this. I have
already been taken to task for this once. The article’s
purpose was to give my opinion of causes that led to
the success of Rails, not to discuss whether Rails is
a mere fad after all.

Cheers,
Hal

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On 7/26/07, Hal F. [email protected] wrote:

a mere fad after all.
I am by no means qualified to judge that fact, but for what I am
concerned Rails has had the tremendous success to have made Ruby known
(even well known in some lucky parts of this world;).

Cheers
Robert

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Robert D. wrote:

I am by no means qualified to judge that fact, but for what I am
concerned Rails has had the tremendous success to have made Ruby known
(even well known in some lucky parts of this world;).

The flip side is that many people, to their detriment, believe Ruby ==
Rails.

–
James B.

“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s;
I will not reason and compare; my business is to create.”

  • William Blake
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Wow. That kind of makes me a little sad inside. It never ceases to
amaze
me how different the world looks to those of us who aren’t so close to
technology. It makes one wonder what else they’re missing in the world.

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On 7/26/07, James B. [email protected] wrote:

The flip side is that many people, to their detriment, believe Ruby ==
Rails.

I can easily beat that :slight_smile:

Yesterday I had to explain to a friend that if she bought a .net
domain name, the site she wanted me to build for her didn’t have to be
built using M$ .net technology. The fact that she had already been
thinking this was the case for quite some time really shows how
confused people can become from “news” heard around the 'net.

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On Jul 26, 2007, at 4:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:

Wow. That kind of makes me a little sad inside. It never ceases

David

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Indeed!
Think about all the industries and fields you don’t know anything
about…
now realize how much YOU may be missing in life!
My degree is in art (painting)! But I find programming and many
sciences fascinating.

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Hi –

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, James H. wrote:

built using M$ .net technology. The fact that she had already been
thinking this was the case for quite some time really shows how
confused people can become from “news” heard around the 'net.

Wow. That kind of makes me a little sad inside. It never ceases to amaze
me how different the world looks to those of us who aren’t so close to
technology. It makes one wonder what else they’re missing in the world.

Cheer up :slight_smile: We all miss out on a lot, whether it’s technological or
not. It can’t be otherwise, given how much there is to do and think
about.

David