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Sorry, but I have to dismiss this as Obie protecting his economic interests as an owner of a Rails consultancy This was my exact thought. After reading his cla
by tdavis 18y ago
Sorry, but I have to dismiss this as Obie protecting his economic interests as an owner of a Rails consultancy
This was my exact thought. After reading his claims to Alex's "agenda", I looked at the sidebar and saw that he's written four (obnoxiously-covered) Ruby books. Who really has the agenda here?
Near as I can tell, Alex's entire argument was "Twitter is really big and ugly; we need a stricter type system; Ruby doesn't have one." That seems perfectly legitimate to me.
- ejs 18y agoHe has only written one of those books (The Rails Way) the others are just books in the series. I don't think he choose the covers either. He also states at the end: "Have I been guilty of this stuff in my own past as a Rails advocate with a strong agenda? Yeah, probably so. Which is why I know it when I see it. :)"
- jraines 18y agoAlso, as Alex himself alluded in his original piece, why would someone who presumably has a stake in a company that shrugs off half-billion dollar acquisition offers be trying anything devious to promote a technical book?
- jeremymcanally 18y agoFun? Personal brand? I mean, I make more than enough to get by on but I still promote my book every change I get. :)