From: Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...>
Date: 2005-08-16T21:19:44+09:00
Subject: Re: ... old topic, new discussion

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Devin Mullins wrote:

> Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>
>> I'd be interested in what platforms Ruby users use... obviously,
>> Windows has not a that huge share, but I'd like to know how much
>> it really is...
>>  
>>
> Well, the population is skewed because the the language has a bias 
> towards 'nix (and hence encourages use of that platform, or 
> discourages use of Ruby on Windows), but:
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20030920074133/http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/survey_results.html 
>
> http://rubyurl.com/6jRQx
>
> Devin
> And yes, the One-Click Installer helps a lot. I'm using Windows right 
> now (but plan on buying a powerbook Real Soon Now).
>
>
You know, I think it would be good if they did another version of the 
survey ... to see where things are now ... I mean, there weren't that 
many responses before ... and a good portion of them were windows people. 

It would be interesting to see what's changed and what's stayed the same...

Mr. Thomas, any input?

j.


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