Windows System Administration: State of the Art

[Krishna Kirti Das]

I am a long-time user of Perl user who is evaluating different
scripting languages for use as a scripting platform for system
administrators on the Windows platform. Perl already has many modules
that allow sys admins and devolpers to do lots of things with the
Windows OS, and I'm wondering what the state of the art is with Ruby
and being able to control a windows environment. In this regard, how
does Ruby stand up against Perl?

 

[J-H Johansen]

I am a long-time user of Perl user who is evaluating different
scripting languages for use as a scripting platform for system
administrators on the Windows platform. Perl already has many modules
that allow sys admins and devolpers to do lots of things with the
Windows OS, and I'm wondering what the state of the art is with Ruby
and being able to control a windows environment. In this regard, how
does Ruby stand up against Perl?

No idea, but I've had some nice experience using PowerShell from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/powershell

 

[Robert Klemme]

I am a long-time user of Perl user who is evaluating different
scripting languages for use as a scripting platform for system
administrators on the Windows platform. Perl already has many modules
that allow sys admins and devolpers to do lots of things with the
Windows OS, and I'm wondering what the state of the art is with Ruby
and being able to control a windows environment. In this regard, how
does Ruby stand up against Perl?

There is WinOLE32 which gives you access to pretty much everything
around. And there is http://www.ironruby.net/ which lets my guess that
Windows integration will become better rather than worse over time.
Disclaimer: I don't use Ruby for Win administration.

Kind regards

robert