RE: article on osnews about RB...

2005-08-04 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
My guess is that Rev has like a tenth of the number of users as RB. I really don't know, and the size of Rev's user base is apparently a secret, but I bet we have less users and thus less exposure. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre

Re: article on osnews about RB...

2005-08-04 Thread Dan Shafer
Coincidentally (I don't believe in coincidence), a client of mine hired me a few days ago to do an analysis of the new RB with an eye to helping him figure out if he should either switch from Rev (which he's using at my behest for over a year and loving) to RB for a new set of projects for

Re: article on osnews about RB...

2005-08-04 Thread Dan Shafer
My guess is that it's greater than a 10:1 ratio. More like 20 or 30 times. But RB's been at it a lot longer and has the advantage of promoting a language seen as mainstream. The size of installed base affects book publishers but magazines typically publish reviews and articles about even