From: Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@...0nspark.com>
Date: 2005-08-31T11:29:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Linux & Windows

Well, the main reason for the switch was because the project I had handed to me 
was to be written inside of the new ERP system we are implementing, which 
requires Windows on the client. I was rather disgusted with the technology, 
though, and found a way to avoid that mess by doing a web app and tying into the 
client via a browser component.

I do have a few tools I like on Windows, but they have little to do with 
development ... mostly multimedia stuff. I can live lesser toys on Linux, 
though, if it means smoother development and less "pioneering" :-)

Thanks for the input,
Tim

Robert Oliver wrote:
> The shell is the biggest problem I have with Windows. Good Network IO like 
> KDE has would be nice to. Perhaps that's just over the next Windows Vista. 
> They'll never do the shell right though. 
> 
> Just wondering, why do you use Windows XP for devel? Do you use any apps 
> that hold you to that platform?
> 
> On 8/30/05, Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@s0nspark.com> wrote:
> 
>>Well, I can tell you I miss a real shell on Windows ... cygwin doesn't 
>>really do
>>it for me. :-)
>>
> 
>