Well, there can really only be "betamax" problems when you have a winner-take-all economy. Since these frameworks are just code that outputs (JS|HTML|JSON|etc)

Well, there can really only be "betamax" problems when you have a winner-take-all economy. Since these frameworks are just code that outputs (JS|HTML|JSON|etc), there isn't really a way that any framework could become a betamax. That said, for myself, the Django 1.0 isn't that exciting. What will be exciting is the development from now on. I mean, I've been tracking SVN and so 1.0 doesn't offer me cool new things. It's also just a different community. DHH is great at getting the word out and getting the hype up there. Django is more subdued. You can't go too wrong with either Rails or Django. Don't worry. Be happy. Be productive.