# How many RoR engineers use Mac / Linux / Windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 9, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551 "2009-05-09T09:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jianlin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551/1 "2009-05-09T09:02:24Z")
I wonder if most of the people using RoR is using it on Mac? How about we make a tally here… we can enter our platform here and see what other engineers are using: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xjv89bNS9fvJGoi\_2bnsNimg\_3d\_3d](http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xjv89bNS9fvJGoi_2bnsNimg_3d_3d) thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jianlin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551/2 "2009-05-09T14:08:25Z")
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Jian L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > I wonder if most of the people using RoR is using it on Mac? How about > we make a tally here… we can enter our platform here and see what > other engineers are using: > > [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xjv89bNS9fvJGoi\_2bnsNimg\_3d\_3d](http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xjv89bNS9fvJGoi_2bnsNimg_3d_3d) > > thanks. Jian, are you talking about RoR development or deployment? Here’s a better question(s): How many software engineers are using X platform for RoR development? How many software engineers are using X platform for RoR deployment? -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jianlin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551/3 "2009-05-09T17:32:48Z")
On May 9, 8:02 am, Jian L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I wonder if most of the people using RoR is using it on Mac? How about > we make a tally here… we can enter our platform here and see what > other engineers are using: > > [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xjv89bNS9fvJGoi\_2bnsNimg\_3d\_3d](http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xjv89bNS9fvJGoi_2bnsNimg_3d_3d) Well if you’ve ever been to railsconf it’s pretty obvious that just about everyone has a mac. Fred ---
**Author:** ![jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jianlin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551/4 "2009-05-09T17:41:35Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > Well if you’ve ever been to railsconf it’s pretty obvious that just > about everyone has a mac. So, if everyone at Railsconf just … jumped off a cliff, would you? – Phlip [http://flea.sourceforge.net/resume.html](http://flea.sourceforge.net/resume.html) ---
**Author:** ![jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jianlin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551/5 "2009-05-09T17:50:57Z")
On May 9, 4:40 pm, Phlip [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Frederick C. wrote: > > > Well if you’ve ever been to railsconf it’s pretty obvious that just > > about everyone has a mac. > > So, if everyone at Railsconf just … jumped off a cliff, would you? I wouldn’t but it would still be an accurate statement to say that most people at railsconf jumped off cliffs. I don’t think the OP was asking ‘what should I use’, rather ‘what do people use’ Fred ---
**Author:** ![jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jianlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jianlin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-ror-engineers-use-mac-linux-windows/167551/6 "2009-05-09T17:55:33Z")
is it true that [surveymonkey.com](http://surveymonkey.com) won’t show the survey answers to general users who voted? (unless the survey creator is not using a basic account)… so the result so far is: Mac: 10 Linux: 9 Windows: 4 Other: 1