Update: Dec 23rd - He he, I rest my case ;)

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/12/23/merb-gets-merged-in...

http://yehudakatz.com/2008/12/23/rails-and-merb-merge/

http://brainspl.at/articles/2008/12/23/merb-is-rails

http://rubyonrails.org/merb