Marnen wrote: > Oh, I know you *can*. I just don't see why it's worth the bother.
It is YOUR opinion. I'm really tired of this kind of endless and useless discussions. I only answered a topic named: "how to install ror on windows 7", which is MY interest. I'm trying to keep the focus on the original O.S. of this thread. Be happy with YOUR development environment. I am with mine. Bye. -- MarcRic www.marcric.com http://marcricblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.traineronrails.com/ http://groups.google.com.br/group/riorubyrails On Nov 15, 10:41 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > MarcRic wrote in post #961715: > > > Davo, > > > When I say "alternatives better then both", I mean other HTTP Web > > servers which is the subject now. > > > The O.S. of the server is just a matter of taste or a decision already > > made for you. > > Not necessarily. Many of us have significant control over that. > > > > > I have my personal choices concerning O.S. for servers (Servers in > > general not only for Web Servers), but at work that is a corporate > > decision, which involves not only technical, but political and > > commercial decisions, and currently they are under Windows O.S. > > > So, my general answer to those that are simply "against Windows" is: > > stay out of the IT corporate business. > > Excuse me? I'm quite happily working in a corporate IT job. I still > hate Windows. > > > Do only your personal choice > > stuff with the resources you can afford, because in the corporate > > industry, some decisions are made for you, not by you. And if you play > > the game you will follow their rules not yours. > > Depends. We're using Rails (on Linux) with MS SQL (on Windows). I can > live with that because I don't ever really have to touch the Windows > box. > > OTOH, I would have little hesitation turning down a Rails dev job where > I was forced to use either a Windows server or a Windows development > computer. I'm quite happy to refuse to play by "their" rules if those > rules make no sense. > > > > > The origins of the Trainer On Rails site is an effort to prove that > > "the Windows users minority" can develop cool stuff using Ruby on > > Rails in a productive way under Windows, apart from which Server's > > O.S. will support the application in the end. > > Oh, I know you *can*. I just don't see why it's worth the bother. > > > > > Regards. > > > -- > > MarcRic > >www.marcric.com > >http://marcricblog.blogspot.com/ > >http://www.traineronrails.com/ > >http://groups.google.com.br/group/riorubyrails > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

