I suppose from the MSFT perspective, the IronX projects are a shot at doing something (mostly) community-driven. In a sense, marketing IronRuby or IronPython is a double-edge sword for MSFT. On one hand, the languages are bringing some great features to the .NET platform as a whole, but on the other hand, learning them will also increase a developer's ability (and possibly likeliness) to jump from .NET to Matz Ruby or CPython. When you consider (my assumption) that Ruby and Python programmers aren't as spirited about becoming .NET programmers, it's easier to justify MSFT's reluctance to market these projects.
Aside from that controversial argument I just invented, the success of these projects really depend on us, the community. The Silverlight Machine will bring some adopters, but even those people will read our blogs and forum posts before taking the leap from C#. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Softmind Technology Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Wondering how many will go with C#, after IronRuby arrives Curtis Mitchell wrote: > 3. IMO, most .NET developers know very little about Ruby and even less > about > IronRuby right now. -------------------------------------------------------- Hi Curtis, I totally agree with you. I have checked with many .Net developers and very few are aware of IronRuby. IronPython 2.0 has reached beta 2.0 stage and yet its not promoted by DLR team. I have observed that Microsoft is in no mood to promote IronRuby at all. There are hardly few blogs seen regarding IronRuby and whatever blogs i have seen are from IronRuby lovers and contributors. Asp.Net team has ignored many requests of starting a section for IronRuby on Asp.Net Forums On one hand they invite experts like Jim and John to work for Ironpython and IronRuby, and on the other hand they ignore/waste their efforts by not promoting it. All i smell is something fishy in the case of DLR languages. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
