http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2006/04/10/the-definitive-proof-that-ruby-on-rails-is-enterprise-technology/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2006/04/10/the-definitive-proof-that-ruby-on-rails-is-enterprise-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Jaime Cardoso Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:53:48 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=576#comment-1466 So, you're saying that "beeing enterprise" = "being fashionable"? Don't get me wrong, this sure is a great step for Ruby's popularity but, IBM's endorsement just proves it's popular, not that it's good. One thing that IBM can do for Ruby is to put all that experience in documenting and profilling applications to help the entire stack of people to deliver more value using this technology. That would be the kind of commitment from IBM that would lead me to agree with you, until then, it's just taking advantage of a Fashion. So, you’re saying that “beeing enterprise” = “being fashionable”?
Don’t get me wrong, this sure is a great step for Ruby’s popularity but, IBM’s endorsement just proves it’s popular, not that it’s good.
One thing that IBM can do for Ruby is to put all that experience in documenting and profilling applications to help the entire stack of people to deliver more value using this technology. That would be the kind of commitment from IBM that would lead me to agree with you, until then, it’s just taking advantage of a Fashion.

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