OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-02-28 Thread Christian R.
Hello, Brand new to this list, I've not found a quick way to search the archives, and this is not a technical question. I've just been hired at a digital signage company. They use VBScript for simple-to-medium scripting. I've abandoned it about 8 years ago. I want to convince the manager and the

OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-02-28 Thread rdmurray
"Christian R." wrote: > The company does use Python on rare occasions. It all comes down to > the prejudices and habits of one of the programmers. His only argument > I can't counter -because I don't see the problem- is that "Python > modules cause problems for updates to customer's installations"

Re: OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-03-01 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Carl Banks (Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:09:03 -0800 (PST)) > On Feb 28, 7:10 pm, Shane Geiger wrote: > > >> The company does use Python on rare occasions. It all comes down to > > >> the prejudices and habits of one of the programmers. His only argument > > >> I can't counter -because I don't see the pr

Re: OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-03-02 Thread jkn
On Feb 28, 8:19 pm, rdmur...@bitdance.com wrote: [...] > > IMO the first thing you ought to do is dig in, really listen, and find > out what his issue is with module distribution. > > Listening well is your most powerful asset. Overcome your own prejudices > first, and his may follow :) I agree w

Re: OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-02-28 Thread Christian Heimes
Christian R. schrieb: > Hello, > > Brand new to this list, I've not found a quick way to search the > archives, and this is not a technical question. > > I've just been hired at a digital signage company. They use VBScript > for simple-to-medium scripting. I've abandoned it about 8 years ago. I >

Re: OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-02-28 Thread Lie Ryan
Christian R. wrote: > The company does use Python on rare occasions. It all comes down to > the prejudices and habits of one of the programmers. His only argument > I can't counter -because I don't see the problem- is that "Python > modules cause problems for updates to customer's installations".

Re: OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-02-28 Thread Shane Geiger
The company does use Python on rare occasions. It all comes down to the prejudices and habits of one of the programmers. His only argument I can't counter -because I don't see the problem- is that "Python modules cause problems for updates to customer's installations". This is purely an a

Re: OTish: convince the team to drop VBScript

2009-02-28 Thread Carl Banks
On Feb 28, 7:10 pm, Shane Geiger wrote: > >> The company does use Python on rare occasions. It all comes down to > >> the prejudices and habits of one of the programmers. His only argument > >> I can't counter -because I don't see the problem- is that "Python > >> modules cause problems for update