[Jgrubb]

Call me crazy, but being able to drop files into a docroot of an apache install and have them Just Work seems like a much smarter market strategy for uptake of your product than what can currently be done with either Python or Ruby.

Then again maybe you had a different idea of "smart".

[andybak]

Yes, it's a better marketing strategy for new developers and the extra hassle to deploy Python and Ruby sites probably does put people off.

But I'm not sure if 'good at attracting new developers' is the only criterion worth evaluating when picking a framework.