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Two Big Sponsors and the Project's Name

Update #3 · Apr 6, 2012 · 1 comment

In my last update, I talked about why I chose the isolated environment architecture instead of trying to solve the problem by scripting a system installation.

Major Sponsors

Today, I'm happy to announce that both of the top two sponsors spots have been taken. The two sponsors are Heroku and BugHerd.

You guys all know Heroku: they've been making it easy to deploy Rails apps for years now, and jumped at the opportunity to help make it easier for new Rails developers to get up and running on Mac OS X.

The second sponsor is BugHerd. I'll admit that I hadn't heard of them before they contacted me, but their product is actually pretty awesome. The basic premise is that it allows your web app customers to file issues directly from the application, and lets you see all the bugs files on a particular page. It's a fresh visual approach to a problem that we all have.

Announcing Tokaido

I was initially considering calling this project "locomotive" after the original Locomotive application. However, there is another Rails-based project (a CMS) called Locomotive. Instead, I plan to call it Tokaido, after the longest line in the Japanese bullet train system.

Once again, thanks everyone for your support. It means a lot to me!

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      Creator Rou on April 6, 2012

      Love that companies are stepping out and showing interest in this, and offering their support.

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