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Do you need Ruby-on-Rails on Windows hosting?

FastNext posted this at 14:34 — 4th January 2007.

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Hello.
Have some question about Ruby-on-Rails.
We've searched the web and discovered that it's offered only at
Linux-based hosting. Windows installation is also possible, however
nobody provides RoR on Wibndows. We just thought what if offer RoR for
our Windows users as well? Any ideas, experience?

JeevesBond posted this at 18:54 — 4th January 2007.

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FastNext wrote: We just thought what if offer RoR for
our Windows users as well?

You could do this, but I doubt it's recommended: like running PHP on Windows.

Basically if someone wants Ruby on Rails they should get Linux hosting. It was built to run on that platform, and there may well be issues with running it on Windows.

See the bottom of: http://www.rubyonrails.org/

rubonrails.org wrote: Just about any operating system will do, but we recommend a 'nix-based one for deployment.

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