From: tsuraan <tsuraan@...>
Date: 2005-07-18T22:41:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby momentum?

> *Actually when I've mentioned Ruby at work it's inspired more often a
> chuckle than a gasp. It's partly because they know how difficult it is
> to get new technologies (well, new anything) adopted there, but I think
> it's partly because it sounds like hype to them.**

I'd have to say that all the "RoR 10x faster than Java" articles are
really giving rails a bit of a bad name.  Around here, RoR is somewhat
of a joke, just because of all these claims of whiter teeth, bigger
smiles, cleaner floors, etc, that Rails will bring.  It just makes the
whole framework seem like an enourmous marketing effort, which to many
technical people indicates a lack of quality.  I'm sure that if we
gave Rails a try here, it would be quickly accepted, but breaking
through the cynicism is really hard when a product is being so heavily
hyped.