RailsEnvy team switching to Java

It is with a heavy heart I am announcing that, after much

RailsEnvy team switching to Java

by Jason on Apr 01, 2008

It is with a heavy heart I am announcing that, after much deliberation, we've decided to abandon RailsEnvy.com because we can no longer live the lie. Effective today, we've made the switch completely to Java. We're tired of Rails scaling issues.

The Ruby/Rails community has been great and very supportive. We will miss you all equally, but some more than others.

There is better swag available at Java conferences than at Ruby conferences. Oh, and you know that JRuby thing? Well guess what it runs on. Right, that's Java.

We can be reached at javaenvy.com if you have any questions or comments.

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Daniel – April 01, 2008 @ 04:39 PM

Sure!

…by Jason on Apr 01, 2008..


I'm no fool – April 01, 2008 @ 05:02 PM

What day is it again?


Carl – April 01, 2008 @ 05:21 PM

You’ll have to redo all your videos, though! But at least then they would be entertaining (and maybe even accurate!). Happy April fools, guys!


Steven Soroka – April 01, 2008 @ 05:58 PM

Isn’t april fools just in the morning? hehe


Jim Neath – April 01, 2008 @ 06:04 PM

It’s a shame guys, you’ve been one of the site’s I’ve checked daily for a while.

I guess we’ve got a lot of Java vs Rails ads to come ;)


bauer – April 01, 2008 @ 06:07 PM

Prima Aprillis:)


Simon – April 01, 2008 @ 06:08 PM

yay april fools :)


Edgar J. Suárez – April 01, 2008 @ 06:09 PM

What? o_o And what about… what about … this video?: http://www.railsenvy.com/2017/5/14/ruby-on-rails-commercial

But what?… Aww man! I’m all sad now ._.


Nathan Clark – April 01, 2008 @ 06:11 PM

Somewhere a kitten has been killed because of this blasphemy.


Edgar J. Suárez – April 01, 2008 @ 06:16 PM

haha.. ok ok… i’ve got owned!! D:

xD This is a nice one guys… I totally forgot what day is it today xP.


primary0 – April 01, 2008 @ 06:17 PM

cruel!!! this is the best rick roll :P


nap – April 01, 2008 @ 06:21 PM

It’s true about the swag, anyway :-)


Justin – April 01, 2008 @ 06:28 PM

You sob’s!!


Calvin Yu – April 01, 2008 @ 06:30 PM

It’s about time you guys came to your senses.

Doh, rickrolled!


comboy – April 01, 2008 @ 06:31 PM

You rock ! :D


Drailskid – April 01, 2008 @ 07:18 PM

Oh NO!

This is terrible news! Why would you ever make a decision like that?!?

Should I stop working with Rails too?!?


Radoslav Stankov – April 01, 2008 @ 07:47 PM

Sure, I didn’t expect this from you! I thought that you are working seriously and stealthy with ASP.NET :(

p.s. this is one one of the most shocking news today, next to the news that Apple was sold to Google.


Adrian – April 01, 2008 @ 07:57 PM

AHH! I can’t believe I fell for this.


Luke Gedeon – April 01, 2008 @ 09:00 PM

Hilarious!

My first reaction was, “Way too obvious, guys.”

But after reading the comments, I am genuinely impressed! I am totally amazed at how many people fell for this.

I am nominating this for top April Fools Joke 2008.

Nominations for Best April Fool Joke 2008


Ted – April 01, 2008 @ 10:01 PM

Welcome home!


Matt Berther – April 01, 2008 @ 10:20 PM

Nice one guys. Would have believed it more on a different day. :)

Maybe we would have had to listen to Gregg state repeatedly that Java doesnt scale. :)


Ranieri – April 01, 2008 @ 11:12 PM

1st of april? hum less than 10 diggs so far. hehehe


Roberto – April 02, 2008 @ 02:46 AM

For one second or two it really scares me… but then i remembered what day was yesterday! Phiuuu…..

Pesce d’Aprile!!! (italian)


Dax Huiberts – April 02, 2008 @ 03:12 AM

I just <3 Java developers in long raincoats! Are you gonna wear raincoats? Cuz I love to meet you guys! :D


Garth – April 02, 2008 @ 04:05 AM

Heh, this only arrived in my reader this morning. Rails scales, as long as your wallet can too. ;-)


allen – April 02, 2008 @ 11:47 AM

Love it.

Especially the better swag at J conferences…


Tony – April 02, 2008 @ 11:49 PM

Have you ever considered developing all your apps in Hypercard??? I have a feeling its going to kick Java’s but!


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