On 11/18/05, amwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx <amwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I suspect many on this list may have a problem with some of the attitudes > surrounding this particular methodology. Including me, certainly the soundbites around it suggest someone inventing something new before understanding something old. I did like the quote from the article though (emphasis mine) "His software, Ruby on Rails, only out for a little more than a year, has started a buzz among the legions of developers<http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.technorati.com%2Fsearch%2Fruby%2Bon%2Brails&siteId=3&oId=2100-1007-5920169&ontId=1001&lop=nl.ex>and high-level executives that track *the trend-driven world of software development. "* To be fair though, the software seems deliberately aimed at the small scale, non mission critical web environments that litter the place today, I nearly said the LAMP market, but there is an ASP equivalent in the windows world. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com