# Ruby and COM

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-com/123686>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-com/123686 "2007-12-19T19:12:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-com/123686/1 "2007-12-19T19:12:52Z")

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Does anyone know if it is possible to call a COM executable on a  
windows machine from ruby on a \*nix machine?