"MVC ... only started getting more attention after Ruby on Rails launched around 2004" ~year 2000, MVC was all the rage in J2EE development, Struts etc. Proba

"MVC ... only started getting more attention after Ruby on Rails launched around 2004" ~year 2000, MVC was all the rage in J2EE development, Struts etc. Probably was invented and even popular long before that also in other environments.