From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-08-09T05:10:00+09:00
Subject: Re: OS X Leopard shipping with Rails!

On Aug 8, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Francis Cianfrocca wrote:

> Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
>> Look under "Internet and Web"
>>    <http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/more.html>
>>
>>
>> This is good news for Ruby and Rails alike!
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel
>
>
> I know I'm just adding two cents here, but this really is incredibly
> good news, people. This is a big step toward mainstream acceptance for
> Ruby, not just for Rails. Of course it's easy enough to install both
> yourself on any OSX box, but the fact that Ruby is being blessed by  
> the
> decision-makers at Apple is a serious credibility builder. For just  
> one
> example, now you can say "Apple" when someone asks "who else  
> besides you
> believes in this Ruby stuff?"

Just so we're clear Apple has shipped Ruby with every single version  
of Mac OS X from the Public Beta forward.  Some were a little old and  
some where a little broken, but they have been supporting Ruby for  
many years now.

James Edward Gray II