Is hosting a Ruby application on Windows Server a viable setup?

I am starting a new web app project with the only real technology requirement being a host running Windows Server. I considered both ASP.NET MVC and Ruby On Rails. I would like to learn Ruby so I'm wondering of hosting it on a Windows platform is doable or if it will cause me more grief than it is worth. RailsInstaller made dev environment setup a snap, but I'm more worried about the production deployment.

The proposed setup is a Ruby on Rails application running on Windows Server 2003 (IIS) & driven by a SQL Server database. I know that will make many open source people cringe, but I am wondering how viable this is from a strictly practical standpoint. Or, if this is just a bad idea, what might be a better way to go? Also any other practical advice on technology choices for Ruby on Windows or deployment ideas would be helpful (best deployment package, should I be using JRuby, etc.).

Thanks!

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8729910/is-hosting-a-ruby-application-on-windows-server-a-viable-setup

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