Okay, this will probably get a lot of people upset, but I have to come
to the defense of Dave Thomas and the rest of the crew at PP.  A month
ago, everyone was saying please come out with a 2nd Edition, I'll
gladly pay for it.  Now that it's here, there's this outcry about
having to upgrade.  Well noone has to upgrade.  Your 1st edition still
has valuable information in it, and you can still run version 1.0 of
Rails if that is what you want. You can keep using the 1st version and
supplement it with a lot of the great blog postings from many on this
list.

$50 is a lot of money, but you can buy the PDF for $23.50.  Writing a
book is a huge comittment, and contrary to popular belief, there's not
much money in it.  The books that Pragmatic Programmers come out with
are top notch, they are extremely valuable, and quickly pay for
themselves in no time.  If you like what Dave Thomas and friends are
doing and you want the updates, I think purchasing the book is an easy
decision. If you don't feel like there's value there, then use your
money elsewhere.

Michael