.NET vs Ruby on Rails.. Seriously

A client is considering a re-write of a site using either .NET or Ruby on Rails. 
The volumes contemplated for the new system are not so large — even at an order of magnitude increase over the system of record — as to rule out Ruby on Rails, and the productivity gains are hard to argue against (and [...]

Great Idea!

Just watching the CNN series “Broken Governmen” and former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor asked the question, “Do you think you get a written explanation from the President for every decision he makes?”
I think we should..

Agile Development == Workers’ Rights?

(This post was started, but not published, in May 2006.  I’m including it here because I feel it’s an interesting thought.  What do you think?)
Here’s a concept: Agile Development Movement is analogous to the Workers’ Rights Movement
Like the miners and industrial workers of the 19th and 20th centuries, we software developers are faced (in standard organizations) [...]