Article of interest (?): Why Ruby on Rails Succeeded

[Phlip]

Whatever you think of Ruby on Rails technically -- even if you prefer
another language or development framework -- you do have to admit that
Rails has gained huge acceptance in a short period of time. In this
CIO article, Hal Fulton, author of The Ruby Way, explains what the
programming community did right, and how others can learn from it.

http://www.cio.com/article/125851

Nice article.

One important point the author dances around is that many products owe their
market share to relentless marketing, not their quality. This implies that
a successful Free Software must be twice as good as a commercial one to be
thought half as good in the trade press.

Fortunately this isn't very difficult...

 

[Phlip]

Indeed you could have been more careful, now I have to read it *twice*!!!

Not very DRY, guys! (-;

 

[estherschindler]

Whatever you think of Ruby on Rails technically -- even if you prefer
another language or development framework -- you do have to admit that
Rails has gained huge acceptance in a short period of time. In this
CIO article, Hal Fulton, author of The Ruby Way, explains what the
programming community did right, and how others can learn from it.

http://www.cio.com/article/125851

 

[Hal Fulton]

Whatever you think of Ruby on Rails technically -- even if you prefer
another language or development framework -- you do have to admit that
Rails has gained huge acceptance in a short period of time. In this
CIO article, Hal Fulton, author of The Ruby Way, explains what the
programming community did right, and how others can learn from it.

http://www.cio.com/article/125851

Oops, I didn't realize Esther had already posted this. Sorry
for double announcement.


Hal

 

[Robert Dober]

Oops, I didn't realize Esther had already posted this. Sorry
for double announcement.

Indeed you could have been more careful, now I have to read it *twice*!!!

 

[Robert Dober]

Not very DRY, guys! (-;

Read it twice anyway, I just did, really

 

[dblack]

Hi --

Not very DRY, guys! (-;

Hal didn't repeat himself -- he repeated someone else


David

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* Ruby/Rails training
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[Gregory Brown]

Hi --



Hal didn't repeat himself -- he repeated someone else

DROP. Don't Repeat Other People

 

[Robert Dober]

DROP. Don't Repeat Other People

DRAIN
Don't Repeat Anything In No case

 

[dblack]

Hi --

DRAIN
Don't Repeat Anything In No case

DRIP DRY

Don't repeat it, period....


David

--
* Books:
RAILS ROUTING (new! http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321509242)
RUBY FOR RAILS (http://www.manning.com/black)
* Ruby/Rails training
& consulting: Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)

 

[Robert Dober]

Hi --



DRIP DRY

Don't repeat it, period....

Hmm is this a subtle indication that maybe we are wasting a little bit
too much bandwith , I guess you are right.
RDDRRD
and out