Carl:

> I'd like to echo someone elses comment that while most *users*
> are using Windows I don't think most *developers* are.

I don't think there are many Ruby applications yet that have much 
more "users" than "developers", or in other words, I think there are 
more Ruby "developers" than there are Ruby "users" (in the sense 
that a Ruby "user" doesn't do any Ruby programming).

The poll at rubygarden entitled "I run Ruby primarily on" had 34% 
on Windows (I think all of them have been "developers"), and as the 
popularity of Ruby increases I suppose this percentage will 
increase, too.


James:

> As a freelancer, it is nice to build up a collection of scripts and
> tools that run reliably on multiple platforms.  I'm too lazy to want
> to keep track of one language for this platform, and another language
> for some other platform.

That's also my situation. I almost ever have to work on a Windows 
box at my clients, and since I do quite some work for them at 
home I also have Windows here and use it most of the time.

Regards,
Pit