From: Thursday Date: 2005-01-21T01:40:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Best ways to accelerate Ruby's popularity Stephen Kellett wrote: > ... > Ruby will stand or fall on its own merits. > ... > ... I've been writing software since 1981, starting with 6502 assembler > on a VIC-20. > ... > Stephen As a former user of a Commodore computer, have you already forgotten about how the then-excellent Amiga fared on its merits in the 90s? Preemptive multitasking, 4096 colors, great sound, sprites, etc. vs the PC running MSDOS + Windows 3.1 in 256 colors... Amiga got its ass kicked. Sadly, branding, marketing, company reputation, momentum and perception can have a lot more to do with how a product/technology fares than actual merits...I sincerely wish I was wrong about this but there are too many examples that prove this to be true. A few quick hits can do a lot of good for Ruby without much time investment.