From: Bill Atkins <batkins57@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T00:01:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Time to vote for Ruby: SD's 2005 Readers' Choice Awards

Neither Lisp nor Gtk are mentioned?  How can I have a favorite
language and GUI then? :)

On 8/11/05, Rob . <rob.02004@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/11/05, Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@nasa.gov> wrote:
> > Vote question #4, best scripting language, here,
> >
> >  http://www.wilsonresearch.com/readerschoice05.php
> >
> > Unfortunately Rails didn't show up on their radar...
> 
> The poll is devoid of any meaning. I'm not voting because it will
> increase the purported validity of this "alledged" survey concocted by
> Wilson Research Group.
> 
> These alledged "research" companies are in business to sell validity
> to the proprietary model of software production. In general the free
> software community has no money to pay for surveys, so "research"
> companies have little incentive to acknowledge the community-based
> peer-production model of software development.
> 
> This poll is part of the inefficient enterprise software industry
> apparatus that we are undermining with dynamic languages and agile
> development approaches. Leave the dinosaur to die in peace.
> 
> 


-- 
Bill Atkins