From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-08-06T01:56:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Please help make CodeZoo truly useful

alang@cronosys.com wrote:
> Quoting James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com>:
> 
>> In other words, what is the value in encouraging people to contribute to
>> CodeZoo?
> 
> 
> While I basically agree with this, I think overall the fact that Ruby is 
> getting
> more attention on a site like O'Reilly's is a good thing.  If some 
> people are in
> the mindset that "it's not a Real Language (TM) until O'Reilly gets
> involved/prints a book/has a website" (as silly as this is) then I think 
> it's
> all for the better.  I probably won't ever contribute anything directly to
> CodeZoo, but if they happen to pick up any Ruby from another source then I
> don't see a problem.  Think of it as a "get the word out" site for 
> newcomers,
> while most of the traditional activity will still be on RubyForge, RAA, 
> etc.
> 
> Just my $0.02.

I also just now read Curt's forwarding of the explanation of CodeZoo 
content acquisition, so (if I have this right) one can simply add a 
project to RubyForge, and CodeZoo will pick it up before too long.

All in all a good thing.

Thanks,


James