Rails and JPA (Instead of ActiveRecord) : Brian Leonard gives it a go

I have been seeing some blogs complaining about ActiveRecord and its limitations. I don't know ActiveRecord and what users need from it well enough to know if these are valid complaints, but Brian Leonard shows a possible alternative: JPA with JRuby.

Sun surprises at RailsConf Europe 2007

David Heinnemeir Hansson (inventor of Rails) is actually starting to believe Sun is serious about Ruby and Rails. Great work, Craig! David's right about the mystery man with the cat too :)

http://www.loudthinking.com/posts/11-sun-surprises-at-railsconf-europe-2007