I could be wrong, but I think you're going to have a hard time convincing rails newcomers to fork over the cash in a recurring model and as the post indicates,

I could be wrong, but I think you're going to have a hard time convincing rails newcomers to fork over the cash in a recurring model and as the post indicates, the experienced developers are familiar with the territory. I'm sure there's money to be made keeping people up to date on these frustrating changes, but I don't know if this is how to do that most effectively.