From: Dan Doel <djd15@...>
Date: 2004-02-02T14:00:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Python 25 times as popular as Ruby !?

Okay, we'd like to use Ruby at work. For this, Ruby needs
critical mass.

Threads like this don't really help Ruby gain mass. What
should we do? I don't think an aggressive Ruby marketing
campaign is in order, unless someone wants to spend lots
of money.

What can the Ruby community really do except continue to
write Ruby code?  RubyForge says it hosts 152 projects.
As people write more Ruby code, more people will come and
write more Ruby code and so on.  Ruby may gain critical
mass in the future. It just isn't there yet.

So, I think that the Ruby community is already doing all
it can to help Ruby gain critical mass. Did Python gain
mindshare via marketing or simply by people writing code
to demonstrate its viability (I don't know)? Simply
remarking that Ruby doesn't have critical mass yet or
that Python is more popular than Ruby isn't particularly
productive (I know it's the truth, but it doesn't do
anything to solve the problem).

- Dan