Navindra Umanee wrote:
> 
> I have to admit I'm absolutely astonished at the number of people here
> who use Ruby on the Windows platform... many of them Ruby experts like
> yourself.
> 
> I somehow have this image of open source languages like
> Perl/Python/Ruby mostly thriving on the Unix platform.  I mean sure,
> there are Windows ports, but those are usually assumed to be
> second-rate.
> 
> I guess I shouldn't be so surprised.  Windows people have to hack
> software too.  I would imagine they would prefer more official
> development environments with fancy polished GUIs and the such, but
> hey why not Ruby.

Percentage-wise, there probably aren't that many Ruby coders in the 
Windows universe, but the Windows universe is large and vast, so you're 
bound to get a few of us.  Also, don't assume that only Windows 
developers use Windows.  I'm a long-time UNIX developer, but I typically 
run Windows at home for all the usual banal reasons.  Ruby on Windows is 
one less reason to dual-boot.

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