I use ruby. I use merb. I think they are great choices for what I needed to build. I do not see bean counters making the same choices. I see them making deci

I use ruby. I use merb. I think they are great choices for what I needed to build. I do not see bean counters making the same choices. I see them making decisions purely from a cost perspective. This means more outsourcing to PHP programmers in Ukraine and India. It means more outsourcing to graphics design and html/css work to people with native Western business understanding and shedding the full time staff. I do not see how ruby will be a preferred choice the bean counters will stumble onto easily. Over time, merb may have enough productivity metrics available to sway the bean counters while at the same time showing the production cost/scaling benefits as well (where rails has a hard time). But this understanding by the PHBs will take time...possibly a long time.