> And that listings of uses of Ruby in commercial projects represents > only part of Ruby's success. > If you can convince a manager who doesn't know programming but likes to think he does that something without commercial cred is better than something PHP or Java (i.e., one of my former managers), then I will give you a sack of money. Or a hug. Whichever is cheaper. ;) It's sad that was what decisions came down to for him (and one other persoon Ive worked with), but it's a reality. And something that can be easily addressed by (a slightly better version of) this little list. -- My free Ruby e-book: http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/ My blogs: http://www.mrneighborly.com/ http://www.rubyinpractice.com/