From: vruz <horacio.lopez@...>
Date: 2007-12-02T09:52:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Google Highly Open Participation Contest

the question remains, why is Ruby so under-represented ?


On 12/2/07, John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 1, 2007, at 4:11 PM, vruz wrote:
>
> >> Consider the projects chosen, consider Google investing in things it
> >> uses itself.
> >> Kind of makes sense from Google's point of view.
> >
> >
> > Mono ??
> >
> > how does Google use it ?
> >
> I don't know, but they might use it internally, or have goals of
> using it/supporting its growth.
> Mono makes a lot of sense and has progressed pretty well. Lots of
> developers who already know the MS technologies can then leverage
> what they know to create things for other platforms.
> Mono  developers can create things that work on Windows while working
> on another platform.
> Google definitely likes open source. They've got the brains to use it
> and keep their licensing costs low.
>
>


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---- vruz