From: Leif Biberg Kristensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 1, 2005 2:13:43 PM EDT
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: My personal candidate for QOTW (was: Python interpreter in Basic or a Python-2-Basic translator.)
Cameron Laird skrev:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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The security 'droids have decided that since the MS Office Suite is a
standard application then software written in MS Office VBA must be
safe. Any other development environments (such as Java, Perl,
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This is clear evidence supporting the theory that being in charge of
security and being able to think have no significant correlation.
And, yes: +1 QOTW from me, too.
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Leif Biberg Kristensen
I see it every day. The hangers-on have too much invested in the MS quagmire to consider anything else. It's a political thing, and yes yet another example of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. For example, a major financial institution offers their active trader application on Windows only, citing security considerations. Stamping the MS Office Suite and VBA a standard is reminiscent of HR department policy - of course you know what floats to the top in corporate (as well as government) ranks.
QOTW? Only for lack of anything more original (no disrespect intended :~)
Lee C
God save us from those that would save us -- my grandmother c1945
PS: Though I stick with mostly Unix anymore, I do know there are software engineers valiantly employing Python (in their toolbag) in the MS environment.
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