On 16 November 2010 21:30, MarcRic <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
It is not necessarily useless, it was just such a discussion that persuaded me to try Ubuntu, and I have never regretted it. Colin > > 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. > > -- 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.
