Blog Driven Development?
There clearly are other factors involved in choosing technology in implementing a solution, than productivity, cost or return on investment. Monopoly on technology is nothing new, it is apparently the historical tendency , the what happens to a technology that is relatively open ( science ). On the other hand, status quo is of benefit to a lot of participants; an ecosystem does not develop around instability.
If you don’t care for all of that, since you are fronting the $$$ to get your vision, it’s things like this light read that should wake you up.
You are settling for less than you should from your software development investment if your work force, off shore , near shore, co-located or telecommuted , are NOT making use of Ruby on Rails.
You are being fleeced friend.