Ruby biz Grand Prix Executive Committee
“Ruby biz Grand prix 2023” award ceremony will be held! Awarded for 9 services Wooo Co., Ltd. and Pixiv Co., Ltd. received the grand prize out of a total of 29 examples of services and products that create new business value.
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The Ruby biz Grand Prix Executive Committee (secretariat: Shimane Prefecture) held the award ceremony for “Ruby biz Grand prix 2023” on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at Matsue Terrsa in Shimane Prefecture. [Image 1
We have posted a video of the event on our official YouTube account, so please check it out using the URL below or the QR code.
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At the main event, the awards ceremony, presenters including Yukihiro Matsumoto, chairman of the judging committee, presented certificates and trophies. The grand prize winners went to Wooo Co., Ltd. and Pixiv Co., Ltd.; the special prize went to Wilport Co., Ltd., KabuK Style Co., Ltd., and Lentio Co., Ltd.; and the social impact award went to Val Co., Ltd. Research Institute,” “Timey Co., Ltd.,” “Findy Co., Ltd.,” and “Yoom Co., Ltd.” were selected.
After the award ceremony, the grand prize and special award winners gave presentations on their award-winning cases. In addition to introducing the service, the presentation also talked about the reasons and advantages of using Ruby. At the end of the ceremony, Yukihiro Matsumoto, developer of Ruby and head of the jury, spoke about his thoughts on this 9th Grand Prix and the reasons for selecting each award. I am truly grateful for the wonderful services you provide using Ruby.As someone who created Ruby, I want to continue to see Ruby create the future and improve society.” The comments provided us with an opportunity to reaffirm the innovation that Ruby brings and the potential for business development and future prospects that utilize Ruby.
Please see below for comments from Mr. Yamatsumoto, the winner of each award. ■Greetings from the organizer representative (Executive Committee Chairman Hiroshi Inoue)
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■Social Impact Award
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Mr. Yasushi Yamazaki from Val Institute Co., Ltd., Mr. Hitoshi Kameda from Timey Co., Ltd., Mr. Naoto Hamada from Findy Co., Ltd., and Mr. Atsushi Ishii from Yoom Co., Ltd. were honored and expressed their joy and impressions on receiving the award.
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■Special award recognition, winner presentation
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Ryosuke Akiyama from Willport Co., Ltd., Keigo Seta from KabuK Style Co., Ltd., and Takeo Kimi from Lentio Co., Ltd. were honored and made comments on their behalf. We also had a presentation of award-winning cases.
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◆One point here…What is “Ruby”?
Ruby is an open source, dynamic programming language that combines simplicity and productivity. They have elegant grammar and can read and write naturally.
Yukihiro Matsumoto, also known as Matz, the creator of Ruby, blended some of his favorite languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, Lisp) into a new language that perfectly harmonizes functional and imperative programming. I created it.
Yukihiro Matsumoto often says, “We’re trying to make Ruby something natural, not something simple.” “Ruby’s exterior is simple, but the inside is very complex. It’s just like our own bodies.” (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Since its public release in 1995, Ruby has attracted passionate programmers from all over the world. By 2006, Ruby had gained a huge amount of support. Today, active user groups have formed in major cities around the world, and large-scale Ruby conferences are being held.
Ruby-talk, a mailing list for discussing Ruby in English, had an average of 200 messages per day in 2006. Although the flow rate in such large places has decreased recently, people are divided into many small groups and have various conversations.
In most metrics that measure programming languages based on popularity and growth, such as the TIOBE Index, Ruby ranks in the top 10. This growth is due to the popularity of software written in Ruby, especially the web application framework Ruby on Rails.
Also, Ruby is free software. We promise not just free and free use, but freedom to copy, modify, and redistribute.
■Grand prize recognition, winner presentation
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Taiho Tsuchiya from Wooo Co., Ltd. and Shunsuke Michii from Pixiv Co., Ltd. were honored and made comments on their behalf. We also had a presentation of award-winning cases.
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■Greetings from the chairman of the judging committee (Mr. Yukihiro Matsumoto) [Image 14
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■“Ruby biz Grand prix 2023” award ceremony
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■“Ruby biz Grand prix 2023” award ceremony
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Name: Ruby biz Grand prix 2023
Date and time: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 15:10-16:40
Venue: Matsue Telsa (478-18 Asahicho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture) Program: Greetings from the organizer representative/Award
ceremony/Photo session
[Each award-winning company]
Grand Prize: Wooo Co., Ltd., Pixiv Co., Ltd.
Special Award: Willport Co., Ltd., KabuK Style Co., Ltd., Lentio Co., Ltd. Social Impact Award: Val Institute Co., Ltd., Timey Co., Ltd., Findy Co., Ltd., Yoom Co., Ltd.
●Judging selection committee *Members are arranged in alphabetical order Chairperson: Yukihiro Matsumoto / Chairman of Ruby Association General Incorporated Foundation
Committee member: Koichi Sasada / Director, Ruby Association General Incorporated Foundation
Committee members: Yuichi Terada / President and Representative Director of Magisemi Co., Ltd.
Committee member: Kensuke Nakamura / Nikkei BP Co., Ltd. Technical Content Unit Editorial Committee
Committee member: Masaya Mori / Deloitte Tohmatsu Group Executive Officer/Partner
-About Ruby biz Grand prix-
Ruby biz Grand prix is a grand prize that recognizes services and products that utilize the programming language Ruby to create new value in the business field and are expected to develop in the future. By developing using Ruby, companies can flexibly respond to changes in the times and quickly approach issues faced by companies and society. Through this Grand Prize, we will widely disseminate the innovation brought about by Ruby both domestically and internationally, and contribute to the promotion of the IT industry as a whole.
Dedicated site: https://rubybiz.jp/
[List of past Grand Prize winning companies]
2022: JUKI Matsue Co., Ltd., Shippio Co., Ltd.
2021: HIKKY Co., Ltd., Yamap Co., Ltd.
2020: Tsumug Co., Ltd., Medical Note Co., Ltd.
2019: Cookpad, Inc., GMO Pepabo, Inc.
2018: Ko Cooking Co., Ltd., Study Plus Co., Ltd.
2017: Ashita Team Co., Ltd., Wovn Technologies Co., Ltd.
2016: Misoca Co., Ltd., Raxul Co., Ltd.
2015: Treasure Data Co., Ltd., Ubiregi Co., Ltd.