From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-08-07T04:48:38+09:00
Subject: Re: RUBY For The Rest Of Us Conference  2006   ROUC

Robert Evans wrote:

> Is it to prevent some sort of brand dilution for Ruby? 

No.  I believe the intention is to prevent nubies from looking dopey 
when asking questions or discussing the language.    Referring to the 
language as "RUBY" suggests that the speaker knows very, very little 
about Ruby.

And that's fine; we all started from pretty much the same place.  But 
I'd be skeptical of a conference organized by someone who may know next 
to nothing about the conference topic, and very skeptical of a Ruby 
conference run by someone who may not be all that interested in 
listening to more experienced Rubyists.


Bottom line, "RUBY" is simply wrong.  It is not one of many name 
variations. It is not a matter of preference. It is wrong.


-- 
James Britt

"I can see them saying something like 'OMG Three Wizards Awesome'"
   - billinboston, on reddit.com