From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-27T17:04:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows System Administration: State of the Art

On 26.02.2008 19:43, Krishna Kirti Das wrote:
> I am a long-time user of Perl user who is evaluating different
> scripting languages for use as a scripting platform for system
> administrators on the Windows platform. Perl already has many modules
> that allow sys admins and devolpers to do lots of things with the
> Windows OS, and I'm wondering what the state of the art is with Ruby
> and being able to control a windows environment. In this regard, how
> does Ruby stand up against Perl?

There is WinOLE32 which gives you access to pretty much everything 
around.  And there is http://www.ironruby.net/ which lets my guess that 
Windows integration will become better rather than worse over time. 
Disclaimer: I don't use Ruby for Win administration.

Kind regards

	robert