From: Chad Perrin Date: 2006-09-11T05:21:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Joel Spolsky on languages for web programming On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 03:15:28AM +0900, Tim Smith wrote: > In article , > "Phlip" 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. . . . and how many hours' worth of developer work per week? If your answer is "not much more", I'd have to say "So that's why MySpace is so unreliable and buggy -- aside from the broken-ass platform they use." -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Ben Franklin: "As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously."