Is ASP.net MVC a direct copy of Ruby on Rails concepts?

Question

I'm been developing Ruby on Rails previously. I'm now looking at an ASP.net web app and I'm looking at WebForms and MVC. As I look at MVC it feels as if I'm looking at the result of something a Ruby on Rails developer implemented after being forced to work in MS land. So I'm wondering:

Was MVC more or less taken directly from Ruby on Rails and it's concepts? (either intentionally or unintentionally)

Answer 1

MVC has obviously existed long before Rails or ASP.NET MVC.

ASP.NET MVC is however, influenced by Ruby on Rails, but that really isn't a bad thing. Specification of routing is handled in a similar way, helpers are similar. While all MVC frameworks are similar, ASP.NET MVC feels as close to Rails as you could achieve in a language such as C#.