The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management anti-pattern

Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by fygdttysf on Monday December 26, 2016 @07:59PM (#13260628)

The day MS depracates WinAPI, they're control of the desktop is over, as every company which develops huge codebases will switch to an environment where their programs doesn't have to be rewritten at MS's discretion.

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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by derefr on Monday December 26, 2016 @10:15PM (#13261060)

Is there any platform an enterprise could switch to that would guarantee a slower rate-of-change than Windows? "One major rewrite-requiring breaking change in 20 years" sounds like—if not a good deal—the best one I could foresee getting anywhere.

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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by Someone on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:25AM (#13262179)

IBM (Oracle, too, I would guess).

http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au/ezine/IBMBackwardCompati... has a very good observation, though:

"The reality is that backward compatibility is only possible if there are enough users paying […] for it."

It is the same for Microsoft. If, for example, several big customers would want 16 bit support on x64, I'm sure they would provide it.

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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by dispose13432 on Monday December 26, 2016 @10:26PM (#13261099)

Once you rewrite once, the red line is broken. I think joelonsoftware has an article about that.

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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by pjmlp on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @06:31AM (#13262579)

Sure they will rather change to a platform in the hands of Oracle,Apple or Google.

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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by umanwizard on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @03:58AM (#13262070)

What platform is that?

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