From: Mikael Brockman <mikael@...>
Date: 2004-11-15T01:44:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby in the enterprise... [properly formatted]

"Wood, Jeff" <jeffwood@amazon.com> writes:

> Hello all, 
>
> I'm looking for a couple of things... But I figured the wealth of
> intelligence here could very easily help me figure them out.
> 
> #1 I am looking for a networking toolkit like Twisted (for Python)
> for use with Ruby.
> 
> #2 Can anybody state any enterprise level applications that are
> built in Ruby?  I'm trying to convince others of the power and
> usefulness that Ruby can/could have (for them, I already see/use
> it), but since all they care about is "Yeah, well show me where
> somebody is using it at enterprise-scale" ... So, I figured I'd ask.
> 
> Since I figure people will ask what I mean by "enterprise-scale"
> ... What I mean is distributed systems, message-queues, server
> proxies based on a naming system, load balancing, automatic failover
> ... Those kinds of things.  The things that are used @ enterprise
> levels when trying to build systems that can scale to 10000 users
> hitting multi-million row databases with complex queries...  I'm
> talking about building systems the size of google, or of eBay, or,
> of amazon.
> 
> So, any information you can provide (links, names, etc.) that can
> help me in my endeavors to prove that Ruby is enterprise ready,
> is/would-be very much appreciated.
> 
> I've looked all over the internet, but haven't found anything useful
> along these lines... This is the kind of information that is needed
> when I as a programmer want to go to the management tree of any
> company I work for and say "Hey, let's use Ruby" ... and I get the
> questions...
> 
> Anyways, I believe I've made my point, so, any answers that can be
> provided are definitely of value to me... Thank you one & all.

Next time, break your lines at about 70 columns, or no one will read
it.  Yes, it really is that annoying.  :-)