10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know about Ruby
   Slide presentation teaches Java programmers Ruby style and idioms quickly. Given at OSCON 2005; Dayton-Cincinnati .NET Code Camp 2006. By Jim Weirich.
   http://onestepback.org/articles/10things/

A Gem of a Language for Java and .Net
   Independent projects are bringing Ruby to 2 widely-used development frameworks; reactions of Sun, Microsoft. Internetnews.com.
   http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3609256/

Interviewing the JRuby Developers
   Alternative Ruby implementations seem to be growing in the Ruby community. JRuby is most advanced now. Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo, two main JRuby programmers, comment. O’Reilly Media.
   http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/07/interviewing_the_jruby_develop.html

JRuby
   Ruby implemented in pure Java: newer Ruby interpreter done in Java, most built-in Ruby classes, supports interacting with and defining Java classes in Ruby, Bean Scripting Framework (BSF); news, downloads, FAQ, tutorials, limits, credits. Open source CPL/
   http://jruby.codehaus.org/

JRuby on Rails: The power of Java, the simplicity of Ruby on Rails
   Developers are moving from full Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, to lightweight frameworks, yet even the lightest lacks the simplicity of RoR. JRuby joins Rails with the power, breadth, and industry acceptance of JVM, Java libraries, and application ser
   http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2007/jw-02-jruby.html

JRuby.net
   Support for JRuby: improvement, training, experts. AANDTech, Inc.
   http://www.aandtech.com/JRuby/

Java, Ruby, and Sun
   Brief story of Sun hiring Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo to work on JRuby full time, with speculations. Ablog.
   http://ablog.apress.com/?p=1258

Ruby for the Java World
   Dynamic languages are coming competitors to Java. Growing their scope beyond glue code and Web GUIs into the heavy work once done only with compiler, languages such as Python, PHP, Groovy, and Ruby have fast gained popularity. JavaWorld.
   http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2006/jw-0717-ruby.html

Ruby the Rival
   Bruce Tate's Beyond Java suggests Ruby as a top contender to displace Java. Tate, James Duncan Davidson, Robert Cooper and Bill Venners opine on Ruby and its challenge to Java. O'Reilly Media.
   http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/11/16/ruby-the-rival.html

Using Ruby: An Introduction to Ruby for Java Programmers
   Small tutorial with many short pages. By Jim Weirich.
   http://onestepback.org/articles/usingruby/