From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2005-06-25T05:20:21+09:00
Subject: Re: ASP.NET vs Ruby on Rails

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Kellett [mailto:snail@objmedia.demon.co.uk] 
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 2:03 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: ASP.NET vs Ruby on Rails
> 
> 
> HI Folks,
> 
> Anyone here done both ASP.NET and Rails? Care to compare and 
> contrast? 
> I'm not interested in MS bashing, just the pros and cons of both 
> environments.
> 
> The reason I ask is that I've just read on joelonsoftware 
> that he thinks 
> ASP.NET is excellent and is the best solution for server based work 
> presented on a website. I wonder if anyone thinks thats a valid 
> statement or not and can provide arguments for/against that point of 
> view.

Joel is an MS bigot.  Also keep in mind that this is the same guy who
thinks structured exception handling is a bad idea, and we should all
resort back to using error codes, so you'll forgive me if I take his
opinion regarding ASP.net with a huge grain of salt.

Don't get me wrong - I generally like his column when he sticks to high
level subjects (and even some low level ones).  But, once he starts
waxing rhapsodic about programming philosophy or tools....blech.

Regards,

Dan