Does IBM use Dojo Toolkit?

Question

I was told IBM no-longer uses Dojo. Is this true? A small amount of web searching shows IBM is/was a member of the Dojo Foundation and is/was a code contributor... If it is true, approximately when did IBM stop using Dojo? If its not, to what extend is IBM still actively using and promoting the toolkit (use in their public web sites, product integration/bundling, etc)?

Answer 1

Disclosure: I am not an IBMer, but I am a Dojo Committer.

If IBM dropped Dojo, they do a good job hiding it. ;-) If anything, their rate of contributions sharply increased in the last year and continues to grow. Just in time for Dojo 1.5 I fielded at least a dozen IBM contributions to Charting. One of the major new features in 1.5 will be new Claro theme for widgets — developed and contributed by IBM.

A number of contributors and committers are employed by IBM, some of them were hired because they are Dojo experts. As far as I can tell (I am not privy to any IBM secrets) their jobs are still secure.

In any case, while IBM is probably the biggest sponsor of Dojo, it is not in the driver position, and Dojo can survive without their help. While sponsorship is nice and always appreciated, the main driving force behind Dojo is passionate programmers rather then corporations.

To sum it up: do not worry about IBM's position.