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I meant financially undervalued by companies. Yes you have some players here and there but overall the market is not that big. And an investment to this area f

I meant financially undervalued by companies. Yes you have some players here and there but overall the market is not that big. And an investment to this area from a developer's POV is too much of a risk. Also the learning curve is too steep. Web tech is just the simplest way to reach the end user. Mobile apps or desktop apps are becoming a hassle as well. It just takes time to "install" something and use it. I hope thing change but I am skeptical.

kibwen 11y ago
I think you yourself underestimate how big the market is here. :) One of my tasks for the past few weeks has been to get in touch with companies using Rust, and whereas I expected to be talking to nothing but early-stage startups, to my surprise there are some biiiig companies out there using Rust. People in more conservative environments are only just picking it up now that 1.0 is here, expect many more announcements as to who is using Rust to emerge in the next 6 - 12 months.
- alimbada 11y ago
  Can you give more detail? Which companies and/or where are they based?
  - kibwen 11y ago
    I'm not at liberty to say which companies are using Rust without asking their permission, but one enormous company that's been publicly open about their usage of Rust is Dropbox. To avoid divulging anything myself, I'll just link to what they've posted elsewhere: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/374mre/we_just_switched_from_rust_to_nim_for_a_very/crk48jw https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/374mre/we_just... https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2xvtll/getting_acquainted_with_mio/cp5tfa4?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2xvtll/getting_acquai... https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/387ucr/question_are_established_c_or_c_projects/crtep1l?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/387ucr/question_are_e... Having met them for lunch a few weeks ago, I can confirm that this project is still going strong. :) EDIT: And if you were asking for the names of any startups using Rust, our next SF meetup has the theme "Rust in Production", with presentations by Tilde, MadeSafe, Ironworks, and Terminal.org: http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Bay-Area/events/222260315/ http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Bay-Area/events/222260315/
    - honest_joe 11y ago
      Well ok but Dropbox was more or less a startup in the past. Also from what i know Samsung is also invested in the Rust eco ?
      - kibwen 11y ago
        Samsung does lots of Rust via Samsung OSG, but they're a secretive enough company that it's tough to get them to reveal what they're up to on the inside.

kibwen 11y ago

I think you yourself underestimate how big the market is here. :) One of my tasks for the past few weeks has been to get in touch with companies using Rust, and whereas I expected to be talking to nothing but early-stage startups, to my surprise there are some biiiig companies out there using Rust. People in more conservative environments are only just picking it up now that 1.0 is here, expect many more announcements as to who is using Rust to emerge in the next 6 - 12 months.

alimbada 11y ago
Can you give more detail? Which companies and/or where are they based?
- kibwen 11y ago
  I'm not at liberty to say which companies are using Rust without asking their permission, but one enormous company that's been publicly open about their usage of Rust is Dropbox. To avoid divulging anything myself, I'll just link to what they've posted elsewhere: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/374mre/we_just_switched_from_rust_to_nim_for_a_very/crk48jw https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/374mre/we_just... https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2xvtll/getting_acquainted_with_mio/cp5tfa4?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2xvtll/getting_acquai... https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/387ucr/question_are_established_c_or_c_projects/crtep1l?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/387ucr/question_are_e... Having met them for lunch a few weeks ago, I can confirm that this project is still going strong. :) EDIT: And if you were asking for the names of any startups using Rust, our next SF meetup has the theme "Rust in Production", with presentations by Tilde, MadeSafe, Ironworks, and Terminal.org: http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Bay-Area/events/222260315/ http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Bay-Area/events/222260315/
  - honest_joe 11y ago
    Well ok but Dropbox was more or less a startup in the past. Also from what i know Samsung is also invested in the Rust eco ?
    - kibwen 11y ago
      Samsung does lots of Rust via Samsung OSG, but they're a secretive enough company that it's tough to get them to reveal what they're up to on the inside.