# Re: Proposing: A new Ruby Windows installer

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-proposing-a-new-ruby-windows-installer/95173>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 23, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-proposing-a-new-ruby-windows-installer/95173 "2006-05-23T20:51:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-proposing-a-new-ruby-windows-installer/95173/1 "2006-05-23T20:51:59Z")

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> -----Original Message-----  
> From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Enterprise A.  
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:40 PM  
> To: ruby-talk ML  
> Subject: Proposing: A new Ruby Windows installer

> The Ruby Windows Installer seems to lag behind the general  
> releases. It  
> would seem the senario I just described would be more up to  
> date. The  
> Python guys have their installers down to s science now, it  
> seems like  
> Ruby is lagging a bit here (the Windows side of it anyway).

The “Python guys” you refer to in this case are actually a commercial  
company (ActiveState) that is paid to create a Windows installer. Curt  
Hibbs works on the installer in his spare time, for free. That just  
might explain the ‘lag’ you’re referring to.

Regards,

Dan

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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-proposing-a-new-ruby-windows-installer/95173/2 "2006-05-24T03:15:42Z")

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Berger, Daniel wrote:

> The “Python guys” you refer to in this case are actually a commercial  
> company (ActiveState) that is paid to create a Windows installer. Curt  
> Hibbs works on the installer in his spare time, for free. That just  
> might explain the ‘lag’ you’re referring to.

Really? Since when did: [Download Python | Python.org](http://www.python.org/download/) get taken over  
by ActiveState?

Thomas Q