From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2002-09-02T03:45:54+09:00
Subject: RE: Ruby jobs



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dave@thomases.com [mailto:dave@thomases.com] On Behalf 
> Of Dave Thomas
> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 10:55 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: Ruby jobs
> 
> 
> Phlip <phlip_cpp@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > Is anyone, like, making money writing Ruby programs yet? 
> Not the books 
> > or
> > speeches; the actual "Value Added" thing.
> 
> There's http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RealWorldRuby, which 
> documents some folks experience. I'm currently working on a 
> project written exclusively in Ruby, and I know that Rich and 
> his gang are doing work in Ruby too.
> 
> I'm guessing the number of paying Ruby projects is growing by the day.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 

My company is using it on a DARPA project to script/control/stress a
distributed (Java-based) multi-agent system.  It uses Jabber (
http://www.infoether.com/ruby/jabber4r/index.htm ) as a communications
infrastructure.  We were just notified that next year it will grow to
over 200 computers (all Linux...all running Ruby).

The DARPA folks are digging Ruby's simpicity, elegance, and power.  If
only the multi-agent system were in Ruby... ;-)

We have other more commercial plans for applications built in Ruby...but
cannot disclose yet.

-Rich