OP: Yet another example of how Zed was right when he said, "Rails is a Ghetto." IMO, the Rails/Merb merger is a counter example. It's easier and way more fun

OP: Yet another example of how Zed was right when he said, "Rails is a Ghetto." IMO, the Rails/Merb merger is a counter example. It's easier and way more fun to rewrite and port code. Major refactorings with thousands of legacy apps are less fun. It takes a patient, skilled programmer to do it. It's an amazing community achievement that the two teams were able to put aside their differences and work together, like professionals, towards this massive goal. The blog post is a release announcement meant to focus on features and improvements, not a history lesson. I wouldn't take the lack of a Merb mention as any kind of slight against the old Merb team's efforts.