Actually I finally took more than 30 seconds and read the whole piece and checked around a little. I am not involved in RoR, so I don't know much about his tech

Actually I finally took more than 30 seconds and read the whole piece and checked around a little. I am not involved in RoR, so I don't know much about his technical claims, but I think his description of the consulting business and the fate of languages is brilliant. I have seen this type of group think and dumbing down in the research world for many years now. I suppose it has a similar form in consulting as well. The world is not kind to the truth seeking individual, especially when that individual announces their intentions. The best one can do is to be wise about what battles to fight and to accept that there will always be some waste and fraud.