[LRUG] Not for profit organizations using Ruby

[Asfand Yar Qazi]

Hello,

Just to clarify, I am Rails developer working at the Sanger Institute, and
I was curious about the propagation of Ruby in not-for-profit and research
organizations, who sometimes seem to stay behind the curve when it comes to
newer technology.

For example, Perl is the mainstay in research organizations like the
Sanger, but Ruby is slowly being adopted. However it is still hard to find
suitable developers at times and I was just curious about others'
experiences.

Asfand Yar Qazi
 On Sep 2, 2012 8:42 AM, "Sidu Ponnappa" <ckponnappa at gmail.com> wrote:

> > what other not-for-profit organizations use Ruby for their development
> needs?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka
>
> Best,
> Sidu.
> http://c42.in
> http://sidu.in
>
>
> On 2 September 2012 07:27, Ronny Ager-Wick <ronny at ager-wick.com> wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, why do you ask?
> > Please don't find this offensive (geeks wouldn't, but I don't know if
> you're
> > a geek or not), I mean well. It's just that I find it hard to see the
> need
> > for such information, and also, I think you'll have a hard time getting
> it,
> > as I doubt many of the non-profits using Ruby are part of LRUG, or even
> know
> > they're using Ruby.
> > If you're thinking of using Ruby for a project, but want to make sure
> other
> > non-profits are also using it, then first of all, why is this relevant?
> > If you, for example, are thinking of switching to NGK spark plugs in your
> > car, are you asking NGK forums whether other non-profits are also using
> NGK
> > plugs? It's about as relevant as whether other non-profits are using the
> > programming language you're thinking of using...
> >
> > Anyway, you may have a very relevant reason for asking the question. If
> you
> > do, I suggest explaining it to us to make it easier to help. Hence the
> > reason for the original question - why do you ask?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ronny.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 02/09/12 06:26, Asfand Yar Qazi wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I work at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire, a
> charity
> > funded organization that performs genome research.  I was curious about
> what
> > other not-for-profit organizations use Ruby for their development needs?
> >
> > I know that Nature Publishing use Ruby, but I'm not sure they're a
> > not-for-profit.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Asfand Yar Qazi
> >
> >
> >
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