From: "Ball, Donald A Jr (Library)" <donald.ball@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T05:31:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Groklaw says "Watch out, Ruby!"

> On Jul 30, 2007, at 3:05 PM, rmagick@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > PJ raises a warning cry about IronRuby: "Uh Oh. Another Smooth Move 
> > from Microsoft: Watch out, Ruby. Watch out OSI." [http:// 
> > www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070730120109643]
> 
> I'm not sure I understand what this has to do with Ruby. The 
> implication seems to be that because Microsoft's IronRuby is 
> released under a license that isn't approved by OSI, that the 
> Ruby community at large had better "watch out".
> 
> With all due to respect to John Lam and the other IronRuby 
> developers, is anyone taking IronRuby all that seriously?

As a way of getting rails into IIS shops, if nothing else.

- donald