> > Making a wrong decision here with predicting the future could be a > > career-crippling choice, however. As I've pointed out, for those of us > > dependent on the tide of the market, simply calling for the end of > > MS's rule won't end it itself. People have been calling for the end of > > Microsoft and the rise of Linux on the desktop for the past 8 years-- > > it's a long time coming, and I still have bills to pay...
> I don't know if you and/or others realize this, but Python runs > *great* on Windows. It certainly doesn't require Linux at all. Being > able to write code that runs *unchanged* on any platform means that > you don't have to gamble on the OS wars ending with any particular > result. Which is all fine and dandy unless you need to get a job writing in Python today. C/C++ and JAVA have been cross-platform for years. There are, however, always platform-specific code at points due to slightly different implementations. I'm sure the same exists for some Python code as well-- I'm guessing there's a Win32 namespace, for example... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
