>   I've heard it said that developing Rails apps in Windows is an overall
> disaster experience.  I've done a few basic examples, scaffolding and
> such, and have had no problems so far.  So, what is the reason for this
> general feeling?

Just 'cause it's slow in starting up each time.
You can avoid that with the faster_require gem, though, and use of the 
spork gem.
There are a few other minor differences, like you sometimes have to read 
files as "rb" instead of "r" mode, but they're not impossible.
-r
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