# Ruby Enterprise Edition 1.87 Experiences?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-enterprise-edition-1-87-experiences/176439>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 30, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-enterprise-edition-1-87-experiences/176439 "2009-09-30T15:35:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![sjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjames)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-enterprise-edition-1-87-experiences/176439/1 "2009-09-30T15:35:20Z")

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Hi friends.

I’m running a Ubuntu 8.04 server at work that uses Ruby 1.87 as our  
interpreter of choice. Our hardware isn’t exactly top notch, so Ruby  
Enterprise Edition has quite the allure for us – especially with the  
release of their 1.87 compatible version yesterday.

Has anyone attempted to transition to REE from a package installed copy  
of  
Ruby 1.87 yet? If so, how well did it work for you? What sort of effort  
was  
involved in getting your system back up and running? Did you have to  
re-install any gems?

James

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**Author:** ![sjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjames)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-enterprise-edition-1-87-experiences/176439/2 "2009-09-30T16:10:27Z")

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James,

We moved [www.fantasyposteason.com](http://www.fantasyposteason.com) to REE from Ruby 1.87 to help save  
money on server costs.

The effort took a few hours and I did have to re-install some gems.

Kevin

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**Author:** ![sjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjames)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-enterprise-edition-1-87-experiences/176439/3 "2009-09-30T16:12:13Z")

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I’m running ree 1.8.7 via passenger + rvm  
([http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/passenger](http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/passenger)  
) on two servers at the moment and it seems solid for me.

~Wayne