> I'd have to say that all the "RoR 10x faster than Java" articles are
> really giving rails a bit of a bad name.  Around here, RoR is somewhat
> of a joke, just because of all these claims of whiter teeth, bigger
> smiles, cleaner floors, etc, that Rails will bring.  It just makes the
> whole framework seem like an enourmous marketing effort, which to many
> technical people indicates a lack of quality.  I'm sure that if we
> gave Rails a try here, it would be quickly accepted, but breaking
> through the cynicism is really hard when a product is being so heavily
> hyped.

There's no doubt that breaking through the awareness barrier leaves a
residue of backlash with some. I wrote about this subject and some of
the ecosystem numbers at http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000484.html
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