The Philanthropic Programmers
Posted by Mike Blake Tue, 22 May 2007 21:16:00 GMT
Something fantastic is happening in the Ruby and Rails World.
Do unto others
Open source developers know from experience that what goes around comes around. Contributions to projects like Rails invariably come back to benefit everyone, including the contributor. The community is now thinking on a larger scale. Frameworks come and go, but love is timeless .
The Summer of Love
Whytheluckystiff is focusing his power on Hackety Hack an amazing application that teaches children programming. And it’s likely more zeitgeist than coincidence that a professor from MIT, where the generous open source license originated, has started the noble project called One Laptop per Child . Developers everywhere like Amy Hoy are giving back in order to share the passion.
Chad Fowler has challenged the entire community to harness our newfound passion to do great things. And the community has only just begun to respond. During RailsConf over $33,000 was raised for charity.
Witness the Transformation
Software evolves rapidly. Humanity seems to evolve at a slower pace, but if you watch carefully, with ruby colored glasses , you can see it happening.
