From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T03:13:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance

Madan Manoharan wrote:

> .. 
> Once again, if Ruby's vision is *not* to penetrate the corporate
> environment as Ryan pointed out (but would be a nice validation if it
> indeed penetrate the corporate world by *some* means), then this
> discussion is moot. Knowing that, I wouldn't try to push Ruby to my
> managers; I will use it for personal projects.
> 
> On the other hand, if Ruby has a dream of penetrating the corporate
> world, then it needs a marketing machine that would deal with the real
> and, more importantly, the 'illusionary' problems created in the
> corporate world -- just like Firefox's or Linux's marketing machine.
> Unfortunately, penetrating the corporate world by *some* means is
> never going to happen, unless an concerted effort is made.
> 
Ruby doesn't have a vision or a dream; Rubyists have dreams and visions.

Ruby is what you make it.



-- 
James Britt

"You harmonize; then you customize."
  - Wilson Pickett