From: Tim Smith <reply_in_group@...>
Date: 2006-09-11T03:15:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Joel Spolsky on languages for web programming

In article <SsEMg.8068$tU.3205@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
 "Phlip" <phlipcpp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > [Ruby is slow] so if you become The Next MySpace,
> > you'll be buying 5 times as many boxes as the .NET guy
> > down the hall.
> 
> Last time I checked, 5 new boxes were cheaper than 5 new programmers...

If you become the next MySpace, that "5 times as many boxes" would not 
be 5 boxes vs. 1 box.  It would be more like 100 boxes vs. 20 boxes, or 
worse.

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--Tim Smith