From: Matthew Margolis <mrmargolis@...>
Date: 2004-11-15T04:14:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby in the enterprise...

Austin Ziegler wrote:

>On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:37:46 +0900, Wood, Jeff <jeffwood@amazon.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>#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.
>>    
>>
>
>The best example of such a program, as I understand it, is the
>Amazon clothing store. The PragProg wrote it in Ruby. I don't know
>if Amazon has changed it since, but when it was first announced last
>year, it was in Ruby.
>
>-austin
>  
>
Can you provide a source for this?  It isn't that I don't believe you I 
just haven't really heard anything about this and before I go and tell 
people I would like to make sure that I know all the facts.

-Matthew Margolis