well..better late than never:

At http://www.commerx.com, I've been using Rails for internal and client
applications since 2007 (around 7 so far).


--- In crusers@yahoogroups.com, "wndx" <loriolson@...> wrote:
>
> --- In crusers@yahoogroups.com, "schuldar" <schuldar@> wrote:
> >
> > I've been developing web applications with Rails for about a year and a half
within the IT department of a large Oil and Gas company downtown.
> >
> > We use JRuby and deploy to Tomcat. We've had a lot of success and
productivity over the likes of Java's Struts and Spring have been quite
impressive. But even as we transitioned to this environment it seems the rest
of the company is transitioning to .NET.
> >
> > In general it seems like the entire IT community downtown is turning to
Microsoft. Is that true? or are there other pockets of Ruby and Rails that I'm
not aware of?
> >
>
> It's great to hear that someone local is using JRuby. I would think that it
would slot right in to any place using Java already.
>
> Despite the fact that this list seems morgue-like at times, there are over 100
people subscribed, so interest in Ruby and Rails is certainly not waning in
Calgary. There are several companies developing products with RoR, and some
consultancies that take on RoR projects, and lots of places using plain-old Ruby
for testing and automation.
>
> Labrador Technologies is one such company. http://www.etriever.com is our
current product, developed with RoR.
>
> Can we get a role-call going here? Anyone else wanting to promote/brag about
their Ruby or Rails stuff?
>
> Regards, Lori
>