I'd probably start with utilising setting up Linux VMs / containers but make things available on Windows.
Keep in mind that .Net (and thus C#, F#) also run on Linux as well, and those VMs / containers tend to be cheaper overall. A On 31/01/17 15:02, Jonathan Hartley wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm joining a small company with an existing service-based > infrastructure written in C# & F#, on Windows Server on AWS. > > They want me to write some new services in Python. I'm wondering > whether to host these Python services on Linux or on Windows. > > > In favour of Linux: > > L1. I'm by far more familiar with Linux. > > L2. Linux is Python's natural home. I expect the ecosystem to work at > its best there. > > > In favour of Windows: > > W1. I don't want to put up a barrier to the existing C# devs from > working on the Python services because they don't have a Linux > install. (although I guess this is circumvented by them using a VM) > > W2. I don't want to cause a devops headache by introducing > heterogeneous OS choices. > > W3. As a specific example of W2, some places I've worked at have had > local dev environments spin up all our services in VMs or containers > on the local host, so we can system test across all services. I fear > heterogeneous server OSes will make significantly harder to do. They > also want me to lead the charge on this sort of test setup, so this is > going to be my problem. > > Thoughts welcome. > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
