From: Joseph Erickson <jerickson@...>
Date: 2002-02-19T22:19:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for web development


On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 05:58  AM, Billy wrote:

> <snip>

> Hell I wouldn't use Windows for a production environment either. In
> fact I wouldn't use windows at all if I had the choice (thats maybe a
> little harsh - 2000 is ok). But I develop on windows cause I have to
> (Macromedia Dreamweaver/ fireworks + photoshop) and you'll find that a
> huge amount of webdevelopers do that too. Then transfer to linux
> server.
>

What about Mac OS X?  Ruby and Apache run great on it's Unix backend and 
you still have Dreamweaver and Photoshop to do your development on.  Of 
course the hardware upgrade can be cost prohibitive, especially if your 
company isn't ready to pay for it.  I work at a web development firm and 
every designer uses a mac.  And even some of us programmers :-).

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