Hi Keith,
I couldn't agree with you more on your assessment of the java and ruby landscape. It is very interesting to see so many people changing their minds as they start working with Rails. I for sure am a convert myself. I have only been involved in Rails for the past 6 months or so, doing my own small scale sites, but I have been completely blown away by the neat stuff I continue to find it does it for me. I have been doing Java work for close to 9 years now, but have already made the change to Rails in my mind. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a job in Ruby or Rails in my area. Java and C# are still king and pay the bills for people looking to make a living. I'm hoping though that by starting my own company I might be ablet to push Rails and work in the technology I like to use.