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title: The Definitive Proof that Ruby on Rails is enterprise technology
date: 2006-04-10T22:49:28Z
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David may [not care](http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000577.html#comments), but IBM does.

[Antonio Cangiano](http://www.antoniocangiano.com/articles/2006/03/31/working-at-ibm#comment-126) on the Zen of Ruby.

IF IBM is hiring Ruby skills then Ruby is enterprise. That may seem like circular logic, but the reality is that IBM, more than any other individual or organisation, still defines what is and what is not "enterprise". If IBM is investing in an area, you can be pretty sure its going to be used in enterprise contexts.

If IBM supports it, its [enterprisey](http://lesscode.org/2006/03/26/its-enterprisey/).

I [said something similar](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000683.html) about PHP a while ago.