From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-09-12T10:21:53+09:00
Subject: Re: The economics of a slow but productive Ruby

On 9/11/06, Carl Lerche <carl.lerche@verizon.net> wrote:
> 1) It doesn't take 5 times more boxes for a ruby app than a .NET app,
> the single biggest factor in efficiency is the quality of the
> developer. You can do many things on the code level to optimize
> server CPU. I've never found it to be an issue. Honestly, if you need
> 5 times more servers to run a ruby on rails app than a .NET app, I'll
> have to laugh.

I agree, but I was using the numbers from Joel's article. See my
follow up email for a little more detail on what I believe it would
*really* be...

My *main* point in the original email is that there *is* a line where
throwing more servers at it isn't economical. Where that line is
depends a great deal on your individual situation.

Jacob Fugal