> We are not putting all our eggs (if any) into .NET as we may end up in > the same position in another 15 years time. I think that long term, Open > Source is the way to go. Then you know that your code is going to work > in 50 years time! If you've got the head for it, you can recompile the > runtimes to run in any OS and then have your app run on the runtime.
Yes, that's the gamble you take. Microsoft might phase out .NET support in 10-20 years time. Therefore, the tool and maybe the platform wouldn't support your apps. The same can happen to open source. Those writing code in python aren't necessarily able to write and maintain the language itself. Python itself evaluates to machine code at some point-- likely the core parts of Python are written in C(I'm sure Ed will chime in to confirm/deny). You're still assuming the Python language developers won't lose interest(or die off, or be bought off, etc.) during the lifetime of your app-- and if so, hope that others pick up the torch and continue... Python is far bigger than most, but there are a **LOT** of dead open source projects out there, simply because people decide they have to eat. -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
