Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto joins Heroku
July 15, 2011 —
(Page 1 of 2)
Heroku has been the darling of the platform-as-a-service space since it was snatched up for around US$250 million by Salesforce.com earlier this year. Earlier this week, Heroku added to its clout in the Ruby community by hiring Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto to its staff. The move comes alongside the announcement that Heroku now supports the running of Clojure applications within its cloud.
Byron Sebastian, general manager of Heroku, said that the company's latest round of hires includes a number of Ruby core developers from Japan. “Matz is going to keep focusing on the Ruby language. That's it, that's the story," he said.
"I went over to Japan in February, and had the privilege of meeting Matz. We talked, and the question I asked was, 'How can I help Ruby?' We believe the more people that are using Ruby, the better it is for Heroku. The key thing that came to the surface was providing support for the Ruby language and for the people moving the language forward. We're also bringing on a couple of other folks in Japan who have been longtime contributors to Ruby."
John Rymer, principal analyst at Forrester Research, said that the hiring of Matsumoto could help Heroku tune its platform. “When you have control—as much as you can in an open-source world—of a core technology, it gives you a lot of opportunities to optimize those technologies," he said.
"What do you do? Do you try to address performance? Do you try to guide its evolution in terms of adding features, integrations, testing and code accuracy? It gives them a leg up and some control of that technology. They can then have the inside track on creating the best environment for Ruby."
Despite his predictions of benefits from hiring Matsumoto, Rymer is still "scratching his head" as to why Salesforce.com purchased Heroku in the first place.
“What does it have to do with [Salesforce.com's] technology stack, or with how their customers design applications? Zero. I don't get it," he said.
Related Search Term(s): Heroku, Ruby
Share this link: http://sdt.bz/35737
Most Read
Latest News
Resources
SAP unveils SAP HANA platform innovations for Big Data and spatial processing
Features include smart data access and expanded cloud deployment options
|
|
|
Alteryx raises $12 million to put Big Data analytics in the hands of all business analysts
Quest founder's firm, Toba Capital, selects Alteryx as its first analytics investment
|
|
|
Google I/O kicks off
Developers get new APIs and tools, and the Go language hits version 1.1
|
|
|
Jelastic launches new version of its Java and PHP hosting platform
Jelastic today announced the launch of a new version of its ultra-scalable cloud hosting platform
|
Telerik adds back-end services to Icenium mobile tool suite
Icenium Everlive makes the suite a complete app development platform, the company says
|
|
|
CollabNet fuses CloudForge, TeamForge
New pricing structure and integration gives developers an enterprise-grade choice for dist...
|
|
|
Eclipse release train for Kepler arrives June 26
New version of Eclipse includes Stardust for business process management, and Orion 3.0 fo...
|
|
|
Google I/O kicks off
Developers get new APIs and tools, and the Go language hits version 1.1
|
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Testing and ASQ SaaS
Demand for solutions to test applications on the cloud and for the cloud is rising signifi...
|
|
|
Get to Know the Database Decision Factors
What should you look for when choosing a relational database system? This informative arti...
|
|
|
Exploring the Database Forest
Today’s database technology landscape is more dynamic and varied than ever before. What’s...
|
|
|
Data Management Resource Guide
Today’s data is generated by more than just applications. Data is generated by trillions o...
|