Many Ruby developers are so Mac-centric that they don't realize how popular Ruby is on Windows. The Ruby One-click installer is the single most downloaded archive on RubyForge, with more than twice the number of downloads than even Ruby Gems.
If FXRuby works with the Ruby provided by the One-click Installer, then it's going to get a lot of downloads, because while Windows may not be the ideal platform for Ruby server apps, it's a good platform for desktop apps, at least if you want to have a lot of users.
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Many Ruby developers are so Mac-centric that they don't realize how popular Ruby is on Windows. The Ruby One-click installer is the single most downloaded archive on RubyForge, with more than twice the number of downloads than even Ruby Gems.
If FXRuby works with the Ruby provided by the One-click Installer, then it's going to get a lot of downloads, because while Windows may not be the ideal platform for Ruby server apps, it's a good platform for desktop apps, at least if you want to have a lot of users.