tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post4401373775666254853..comments2023-08-21T03:20:34.326-04:00Comments on ihumanable: why no love for scripting languagesMatt Nowackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930543505232276126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post-30761921750289251112009-10-05T05:31:38.000-04:002009-10-05T05:31:38.000-04:00Matt, The only scripting language that Microsoft...Matt,<br><br> The only scripting language that Microsoft is concerning themselves with for the release of Windows 7 is PowerShell (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx). Granted it's not in the ballpark of the scripting languages you are referencing, but it is going to be a language to learn for almost all future Microsoft products and OSes.Brian Jackettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post-54339188676998662062009-10-05T05:36:04.000-04:002009-10-05T05:36:04.000-04:00MS traditionally wants their developers to program...MS traditionally wants their developers to program the MS way (VB/C#), but that isn't to say they don't allow open source to live harmoniously on their platforms. MS frequently contributes to open source projects, too (recently Apache) (http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/). <br><br>Is the argument native support right out of the box? Windows Azure has SDKs for Ruby, Python, Java, (http://www.microsoft.com/azure/sdk.mspx), and PHP (http://phpazure.codeplex.com/). <br><br>BTW - What's wrong with Powershell? (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx)myotivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post-566504600352800272009-10-05T05:37:01.000-04:002009-10-05T05:37:01.000-04:00Dangit - Mr. Jackett stole my PowerShell thunder!!...Dangit - Mr. Jackett stole my PowerShell thunder!!!myotivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post-56139960070419062902009-10-05T05:58:27.000-04:002009-10-05T05:58:27.000-04:00The argument is for a wider support of open source...The argument is for a wider support of open source scripting languages out of the box.Matt Nowacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post-51687921489101363212009-10-05T06:31:33.000-04:002009-10-05T06:31:33.000-04:00Ah... Yeah... MS won't stand for that. It goes...Ah... Yeah... MS won't stand for that. It goes against the three Laws:<br><br>1. MS may not harm a human being. <br>2. MS must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. <br>3. No third party or open source technology will be installed naively on the Windows platform.myotivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534765709337552753.post-56415361051519499012009-11-02T12:51:20.000-05:002009-11-02T12:51:20.000-05:00[...] recently wrote a blog post called why no lov...[...] recently wrote a blog post called why no love for scripting languages lamenting the lack of open source scripting environments in Windows 7. I got some interesting [...]just because its better doesn’t mean its good – ihumanablehttp://ihumanable.com/blog/2009/10/just-because-its-better-doesnt-mean-its-good/noreply@blogger.com