"On December 23rd, we decided to end the duplication and the paradox of choice."<p>Let's be clear about one thing: They didn't eliminate "the paradox of choice," they eliminated "choice." The Paradox of Choice comes into play when there are so many choices that people have difficulty making a choice at all -- like 23 varieties of white bread. The Paradox of Choice does not come into play when there are two choices. But I guess this was destined to happen because eliminating choice has been the philosophy of the Rails team all along.<p>BTW, the book "The Paradox of Choice" is a great read and every hacker should read it. And the best part is that you don't even have to read it all the way to the end to 'get it.'<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005696/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230085613&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/006000...</a><p>(Yes, this is my second rant on this topic. I will shut up now).
I'm not a Ruby guy, so I may be completely off here, but it struck me as kind of inaccurate to describe Merb as "an alternative Rails stack"...I thought Merb was an alternative <i>to</i> the Rails stack?