"The Ruby on Rails (RoR) open source framework is about to get more modular and faster -- thanks to some benefits of its recent merger with Ruby rival Merb. "
"Ruby rival Merb" -- what a shame, I've started to avoid the mainstream online media and paid authors in favor of simple bloggers
I don't think that's wrong as such. Imagine there were two sports teams in Chigaco that merged. You could say that team Y merged with "Chicago rival X" without meaning that X was a rival to Chigaco.
"Ruby rival Merb" -- what a shame, I've started to avoid the mainstream online media and paid authors in favor of simple bloggers