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David tries to portray RoR as a new technology but it is not. It's using as he mentioned himself things that were used for the last decade.
RoR is very good for quick prototyping or even small to medium applications.
When it comes to real enterprise business apps, I don't think it's a good idea to use RoR.
I tried RoR, yes you create a CRUD app very fast, but that's not what keeps me up these days. What matters is performance, security, reliability, scalability, agility, etc...

Abdu

That remark about Java and "1,000 years" makes Hansson sound a bit hyperbolic, no?

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