From: John Carter Date: 2007-11-21T05:09:41+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby incredibly slow (update 2) On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Ron Jeffries wrote: > Not a solution, since I don't know what the problem was. But as a FIX > goes, cheap and easy. Well... you're not sure what the proximate cause is. Probably virus / spyware. The ultimate cause is Windows. Replace with Linux and the problem won't come back. Can I recommend... http://www.ubuntu.com/ John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : john.carter@tait.co.nz New Zealand