jcBAM Ruby on Rails is a Killer App and Disruptive technology.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Disruptive_technology https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Killer_application Much in the same way other open source frameworks, operating systems, web servers, databases offset the market by enabling the developer to not be locked into a single vender. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Vendor_lock-in #Avoiding_vendor_lock-in_for_computer_software Twitter suffered a couple brownouts during a time of exponential growth three years ago. The kind of growth you and I should be so lucky to one day have with our websites. =) If micro$oft had it's way it would get rid of anything in it's way to ensure it's place at the table for as long as it can. The Ruby on Rails framework goes into direct competition with M$ current line of developer products and frameworks. It would make sense that during the brownouts they would inject fud into the blogosphere to protect their current interests. A more famous tweet from the co-founder of twitter during that time: https://twitter.com/#!/ev/statuses/801530348 Once again mind you that this was three years ago. So the question is does Rails scale? The answer is undoubtedly YES. It's just a framework why wouldn't it? Frameworks have very little to do with scaling. Since it's an open source framework there is nothing stopping you from digging deeper into the low level aspect of it and tweak it to your sites specific needs. Chances are you will never be in that position. If you are, congratulations, I look forward to reading about it in Forbes. As it's been mentioned I would question the qualifications of the person who gave you this assessment as they either have no proficiency in how a full stack web framework works or has an interest in selling you on a vender lock-in product. ~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
