http://ruby.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Ruby-on-Rails Viewpoint en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:25:17 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://ruby.sys-con.com/node/1103453 Jon has a point; Microsoft’s restricted (i.e., Express) editions are as free as the open source alternatives. This is undeniably true, since the purpose of many software vendor’s “Express” edition is to compete against open source on price. However, the difference is that with open source you get the full-powered editions. For example, Linux (e.g., CentOs), Xen (for virtualization), PostgreSQL/MySQL, Apache, Java, Tomcat, AspectJ, Lucene, Hibernate, and Eclipse are all robust, full-featured, and powerful technologies available for free to developers. The variety and the quality of product available from the open source community are just astonishing. <p><a href="http://ruby.sys-con.com/node/1103453" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:30:00 EDT http://ruby.sys-con.com/node/1103453