From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-10-28T00:29:06+09:00
Subject: Unix vs Windows [was: The real Ruby vs. Python.]

David Ross wrote:
> Binary releases are sometimes a problem, most of us are unix users,
> there are some windows users.

I am a big proponent of being cross-platform *and* making things as easy as
possible for end users to install and use. So, this is not intended to start
any kind of competition or flame-war, mostly I'm just curious...

When I see the statement "most of us are unix users, there are some windows
users" it makes me wonder whether or not this is really true. I'm involved
in two major cross-platform Ruby projects: FreeRIDE and wxRuby. In both
cases the windows downloads are higher than all the other platforms
combined.

It would be interesting if there was a more reliable way to gauge Ruby's use
on various platforms, but I don't know how that could be done.

Curt