Oops, pushed submit too fast.
I got the 3dconnexionmouse working with their dll in VFP9 (Visual foxpro, don't ask me why except that i love that language) who in turn is sending - yes... via SKSocket - the values to Ruby-world, turning objects around.
So yes, it is working.
Now I like to learn how to set up COM events binding within ruby scripts. As I explained, ruby is new to me, but I start to love that language....

Cheers.
R.