I've been sidelined lately recovering from back surgery so I haven't posted at all for the last couple of weeks. I've been keeping up on reading my blogroll and I've started to notice a trend over the last few weeks. Folks (at least the ones that I subscribe to) seem to be getting a bit nasty towards Microsoft. And these same folks seem to be talking a lot about Ruby and/or Rails.
In no particular order, here are the links that I've picked out recently:
- Scott Hanselman - Is Microsoft losing the Alpha Geeks?
- Jeremy Miller - Thoughts, Rants and Arguments
- Mike Gunderloy - Progress Report
- Martin Fowler - RubyMicrosoft
- Sam Gentile - Microsoft at the Crossroads
On top of all that, Microsoft isn't making many friends with their latest attacks on TestDriven.Net.
Personally, I've been playing with RoR for 4 or 5 months now and I'm convinced that I don't want to do much .Net anymore. However, I'm torn on whether that's realistic until Rails gains more ground locally. Quite simply, Jeremy Miller may have phrased it best:
...I wanted very badly to jump into Ruby development last year when I was changing jobs because the Ruby community just has so much more energy and passion than .Net. Alas, being a .Net developer just flat out pays too much...
Have any of you out there seen much for Rails jobs in Edmonton or even in Canada?