From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.ukl.yahoo.com>
Date: 2004-05-07T01:54:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Promoting Ruby [was  [OT]Is Ruby Top 1 of Programming Languages that are Loved?]

il Fri, 7 May 2004 00:05:03 +0900, "Curt Hibbs" <curt@hibbs.com> ha
scritto::


>
>I think this is an excellent idea!
>
>I think we should set up a pseudo project on RubyForge for collaboration on
>this. The project wiki can be used for general brainstorming/collaboration.
>CVS and released files can be used to house the resulting professional-level
>promotional materials. These could include presentation slides, white
>papers, comparisons, testimonials, productivity metrics, etc.
>
>The goal would be to be an ongoing resource for people who need to promote
>Ruby.
>
>Curt
>
>PS
>  Ok... I just convinced myself! I'm going to get this set up on RubyForge.
>I'll post an announcement when its ready for contributions and
>collaboration. I should be able to do it this evening.

that is a nice idea, But I wonder: what could be distilled in this
'selling rubys' project that could not be done via ruby-lang.org or
rubygarden ?

Note that I found the idea of a centralized advocacy think tank as
something good, but I'm not that good at thinking *why* this seem nice
to me :)