> So would this be a good development platform for people? I would 
> be looking
> to use either mod_ruby or one of the pure ruby httpd's - are these stable
> for people (I mean in serious production use, with millions of 
> hits a week,
> like mod_perl is)?

mod_fastcgi with ruby is stable and IMHO a much better architecture
than mod_ruby or mod_perl.

-joe