I just posted this to my blog (http://blog.curthibbs.us/), but I know
that most of you do not read my blog. So, I thought I would cross post
it here to ruby-talk.
Curt
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One-Click Ruby Installer hits 90k (plus OSX news)
The One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows just topped 90,0000 downloads
since its first RubyForge release just one year ago (prior to April of
2004 it was hosted on SourceForge). But even more telling is the fact
that 60,000 of those downloads occurred in only the last four months!
A year ago the daily downloads for the One-Click Ruby Installer averaged
about 30 per day and have steadily climbed to today's average of 450 per
day. As impressive as those numbers are (at least to me), they are just
for Windows. I don't have any data on other platforms, But that will
soon change.
Mark Hubbart has been busy working on the One-Click Ruby Installer for
OSX. We're hoping to release a *technology preview* within the next few
weeks. This is very exciting, and I think you will be pleased with what
Mark has done!
I'm still looking for someone to work on a One-Click Ruby Installer for
KDE and/or Gnome. Please email me if you are interested (curt at hibbs
dot com).
I've been pushing Ruby since the Fall of 2001, and it is wonderful to
finally see Ruby start to take off. It’s been very gratifying to have
played a small part in helping Ruby push into the mainstream.
