From: Shannon Fang <xrfang@...>
Date: 2002-12-13T06:15:13+09:00
Subject: Re: help -- persuade my boss to adopt ruby

Hi,

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 05:48:02 +0900
GBanschbach@sandata.com wrote:
 
> I have found that convincing management is really more a matter of showing
> them "evidence" in addition to my own opinion.   So,   get case studies.
> Or get anecdotal evidence.   See if you can use Ruby for a small project
> where the Bourne Shell or C, or Visual Duh would have been used.......
> Talk to your in-house Java people.    Ask them to please just review some
> of this "evidence" and try it out.    If any of them have worked with
> scripting before......they will probably like it.

Actually, the BIGGEST problem for them now is only ONE: supportability.
Now only I know Ruby, and they just say that it is not a widely used
language etc. I will have some change of debate in the future, may be
next January/February.

Shannon