# \[NEWS\] Ruby-on-Rails reached second place in Dutch Rapid-App

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**Created:** [March 30, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/news-ruby-on-rails-reached-second-place-in-dutch-rapid-app/56358 "2006-03-30T14:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erik\_van\_Oosten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Erik\_van\_Oosten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Erik_van_Oosten)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/news-ruby-on-rails-reached-second-place-in-dutch-rapid-app/56358/1 "2006-03-30T14:57:12Z")

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Hi there,

The results have just been in and the Ruby-on-Rails team from Finalist  
IT Group reached an incredible _second_ place!  
We’re actually so surprised, that I personally expect the start of RoR  
projects here soon. We’ve already announced some RoR courses. And that  
while we’re mainly a Java-only shop!

You can read a report from one of the participating developers here:  
[Finalist | Maatschappelijk relevante IT | Sinds 1988](http://finalist.com/nieuws_full.php?id=94).

From the announcement:  
Development Tools 2006 (formerly known as RAD Race), is not just a  
contest for developing applications as fast as you can. It’s also a  
serious showcase, evaluation and analysis of the development tools that  
are used by the participating teams. The RAD Race is an annual event  
since 1991. The event will be organized by Software Release magazine.

Although it was advertised that the results would be announced at  
[http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/](http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/) (in Dutch), the page still shows  
pictures from last year ☹

Regards,  
Erik.

Erik van Oosten  
developer  
Finalist IT Group

> **[Finalist | Maatschappelijk relevante IT | Sinds 1988](https://www.finalist.nl/)**
>
> Nummer 1 in NL op het gebied van internettechnologie en -diensten voor zorg, woningcorporaties, onderwijs, media en maatschappij. Digitaal bureau voor moderne digitale ervaringen in belangrijke levensfasen.

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**Author:** ![Erik\_van\_Oosten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Erik\_van\_Oosten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Erik_van_Oosten)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/news-ruby-on-rails-reached-second-place-in-dutch-rapid-app/56358/2 "2006-03-30T15:56:16Z")

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Erik van Oosten wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> The results have just been in and the Ruby-on-Rails team from Finalist  
> IT Group reached an incredible _second_ place!

So what software did the first place team use?

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**Author:** ![Erik\_van\_Oosten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Erik\_van\_Oosten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Erik_van_Oosten)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/news-ruby-on-rails-reached-second-place-in-dutch-rapid-app/56358/3 "2006-03-30T16:10:44Z")

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Apparently they used some home-grown 4GL tool written in Java.  
You can find more information on [www.crossmarx.com](http://www.crossmarx.com).

BTW [http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/](http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/) is now up to date. According to  
this site the winners won with a whopping 30% more functionality points  
then the second team. Still, second is not so bad 🙂

Regards,  
Erik.

Martin S. schreef:

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/news-ruby-on-rails-reached-second-place-in-dutch-rapid-app/56358/4 "2006-03-30T16:28:57Z")

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For non Dutch-speaking people, here’s the relevant section about  
Finalist IT:

Het bedrijf Finalist IT deed voor de eerste keer mee. En om hun  
kansen te vergroten, hadden ze twee teams ingezet. Het ene team  
gebruikte Java en het andere Ruby on Rails. Het eerste team was niet  
succesvol, het tweede wel. Door het gebruik van Ruby waren ze in  
staat een prachtige tweede plaats te veroveren. Het is bekend dat  
werken met Ruby de productiviteit verhoogt. Tijdens deze race werd  
dit duidelijk bewezen. Ruby is een taal met potentieel, maar krijgt  
nog niet de aandacht die het verdient.

Loosely translated:  
The company Finalist IT entered the competition for the first time.  
To increase their chances, they had two teams. One team was using  
Java, the other one Ruby on Rails. The first team wasn’t very  
succesful, the second team was. By using Ruby, they were able to  
finish second. It’s known working with Ruby increases productivity.  
This was clearly proven during this race. Ruby is a language with  
great potential, but hasn’t yet gotten the attention it deserves.

On 30 Mar 2006, at 16:08, Erik van Oosten wrote:

> > > IT Group reached an incredible _second_ place!  
> > > So what software did the first place team use?

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/news-ruby-on-rails-reached-second-place-in-dutch-rapid-app/56358/5 "2006-03-30T16:38:10Z")

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Congrats! A great result. Especially when taking into consideration that  
rails isn’t part of your day to day (until now) as you wrote in your  
article…

Best Regards  
Jan P.