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I think you're actually missing the main reason why people use Passenger: ease of deployment.

Not having to manage Unicorn forks, processes, sending USR2 signals etc is the reason why I use Passenger. I personally couldn't care less about the fancy features.

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While I can concede the initial setup, once you've got it all scripted, it's not that bad. Either mina or capistrano make managing unicorn fairly painless.

As to the Phusion release, congrats. While I use unicorn, I always welcome alternatives. It means the ecosystem is healthy.

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