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$100k Raised in Three Days—Way to Go, Ruby!

Created at: 30.03.2010 00:55, source: Engine Yard Blog , tagged: Uncategorized

Last week, we announced the Ruby Summer of Code campaign; we were working with the folks over at Ruby Central and the Ruby on Rails core team to raise money to fund student open source projects. We had high hopes for the program, and for the support the community would provide, but this one just blew our minds!

The campaign began Wednesday morning, and by Friday night, we’d hit our ambitious goal of raising $100,000. With support from numerous Ruby and Rails companies as sponsors, as well as individual donations from Rubyists all over the world, we’re now able to fund an astonishing twenty open source Ruby and Rails projects this summer.

The project is currently accepting mentor applications through April 2nd, and the student application period will be open from April 5th to April 23rd. With so many slots, this summer is sure to be one of tremendous progress.

Thanks to all those who joined us in funding this great open source cause; there’s nothing else quite like the Ruby community.