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Let's see where Rails is in 7 years. I'd argue it's still very much young technology that is still proving itself.

The fact that there are only 200 Rails openings in the entire country according to dice.com for example, compared to 17,000 for Java, 12,000 for .NET, and so on, is not exactly what I would consider a "success".

I still don't see the enterprise success stories for Rails. I don't see the "killer Web app" written in rails. I only see examples of simple CRUD apps written using Rails. Nothing that is advanced.

So I really think it is too early to say it succeeded. So far, the only evidence of success is the fad hype attention it has generated. But there is still no concrete evidence that it has succeeded. There is, however, evidence that it has not succeeded yet. You still can't get a job as a Rails programmer unless you are an independent consultant. Companies just aren't using it. And as I said, there are still no case studies of enterprise Web apps written in Rails.

Hi, I founded the TGND Corporation - our sites were built in RoR and I need a RoR engineer to finish the sites, add a few features, and help maintain them. I've actually had some trouble finding good engineers. If you have any suggestions kindly email me (David) at humanparty@tgndcorp.com.

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