From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-07-19T05:00:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby momentum?

Zach Dennis wrote:
> 
>> It just makes it a bit difficult to
>> take rails seriously.
> 
> 
> Why? Perhaps you have used Rails and it didn't work for you or your 
> team. Ok, so don't use rails. But, based on what you've said thus far it 
> seems like you haven't really attempted to use rails. You're opinions 
> are at 40,000 feet. You are griping about the hype and marketing rails 
> is getting. So go test out rails then come to an honest conclusion.

I *think* the point was that the hype made it harder to get others to 
take even a first look at Rails.

"Oh, Rails; the code that turns water into wine. Yeah, right."

The other down side, for me, is that I'm beginning to take every 
non-negative statement about Rails, even fairly benign ones, with a 
large grain of salt.

The hype can foster a sense of mistrust.

James

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