Did you know that Taxi Magic, the first nationwide free online taxi booking service that is directly integrated with taxi dispatch systems, is entirely based on FreeBSD? Philip M. Gollucci, Director of Operations, recently explained why in his testimonial for the Foundation:
RideCharge, Inc. creates innovative technology solutions that improve
local ground transportation industries. The company's most renowned
product, Taxi Magic, is an online & mobile software application that
revolutionizes the taxi industry by aligning riders, drivers and fleets
for a better overall ride experience. Taxi Magic is the first nationwide
free online taxi booking service that is directly integrated with taxi
dispatch systems, providing consumers with the tools to:
- Book a taxi from a mobile app or the Web with a few quick taps
- Track the taxi's arrival
- Charge the ride to a credit card through the mobile app
- Expense the trip with an e-receipt
RideCharge is a long time contributor to the FreeBSD ports collection and we employ highly active contributors in the ruby, apache, and perl areas. The Taxi Magic team leverages these incredibly tight feedback loops to quickly and efficiently contribute back to the community.
RideCharge/TaxiMagic has directly sponsored FreeBSD developers to enhance freebsd-update(8). We now use this update to quickly update every machine to maintain PCI DSS Level 1 compliance. These great capabilities are now available to the entire FreeBSD community.
Very cool. I've used Taxi Magic while traveling and have been impressed with it. Didn't realize their involvement with FreeBSD.
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