On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 15:30, Anders Bengtsson wrote:
> --- Anders Vesterberg <anders1 / vesdakon.se> wrote:
> > Hi all
> > I would like to know if Ruby is used by companies in
> > Sweden. I am a software consultant that have been using
> > Java for a (to) long time, but as an old Smalltalker, Ruby
> > turns me on. 
> > Is Ruby used in projects by companies in Sweden? Are Ruby-
> > or Rails-knowledge beginning to get valuable?
> 
> I have friends working with RoR in one start-up in Stockholm.
> Personally I've used Ruby in lots of smaller in-house projects over the
> years. I also know of in-house Ruby use in other companies.
> There seems to be a lot of interest in RoR around here, just like
> everywhere. Don't know if there are many significant projects starting
> yet though. (Java is still the safe bet for getting a job *now*).
> 
> /Anders

I have a friend who works as a web application developer in Gothenburg.
He switched to RoR awhile ago.

Another couple of friends have become interested in Ruby lately, even
though they don't use it commercially.

/Henrik

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