I am a systems admin and can concur with everything Dave said below. I have been using RoR for several years and various jobs and can say if you put it windows for production traffic you are shooting yourself in the foot.
Nes++ On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Dave Aronson <googlegroups2d...@davearonson.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 17:53, jawaid ekram <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > >> Is Ruby and Rails available as first class citizen on Windows OS? Is >> there any reason why I should not use Ruby or Ruby on Rails on a >> Windows OS? > > If Windows is all you have, it will do OK. It's just that for > development (of anything other than Windows-specific software), or for > server usage (of anything other than MS technology stacks or stuff > specifically to support Windows), Windows is usually a rather poor > choice. (Not to knock it completely; it's a perfectly fine OS for > non-technical end-users, it runs on much cheaper hardware than Macs, > and Visual Studio is fairly good.) Thus, most Ruby geeks are already > running Macs and/or Linux -- often developing on Mac lappies and then > deploying to a Linux server. > > -Dave > > -- > LOOKING FOR WORK! What: Ruby (on/off Rails), Python, other modern languages. > Where: Northern Virginia, Washington DC (near Orange Line), and remote work. > See: davearonson.com (main) * codosaur.us (code) * dare2xl.com (excellence). > Specialization is for insects. (Heinlein) - Have Pun, Will Babble! (Aronson) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
