From: hanumizzle@...
Date: 2006-07-06T23:53:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is there no Smalltalk-like IDE for Ruby?


Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
> "joe" <joe.moore@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi all --
> >
> > I shout my question to the entire Ruby + Smalltalk community: Smalltalk
> > has had amazing IDEs for decades, why not Ruby?  Smalltalkers, Ruby
> > needs your help!
> Are you willing to pay for it?

There is no such thing as free, so the distinction between paying and
not paying does not exist. With FOSS, the price is community effort,
including effort by the user.