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

Phlip

7/26/2007 2:14:00 PM

estherschindler wrote:

> 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/arti...

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...

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Phlip
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