I remember hearing about Merb, and how some people really liked it, sighed a deep sigh, NOT looking forward to years of acrimony and battling-by-benchmark. So

I remember hearing about Merb, and how some people really liked it, sighed a deep sigh, NOT looking forward to years of acrimony and battling-by-benchmark. So I was so glad when I heard the announcement, particularly as they treated it as "We sat down and considered each other's technology, from a tech perspective, and we're going to bring the best parts of each to make Rails 3." Not everyone loved the results (sorry, sarcasm), but we avoided an irritating fan-war. I got to thank Yehuda when I met him at EmberConf, and he seemed pleased that it was appreciated.