On Jan 11, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Ross Walker <rswwalker at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> But you'd be wrong on all counts. I'd argue the opposite - that you >>> should only be allowed to use languages that work across CPU types and >>> OS's so as to never be locked into a monopolistic single vendor. >> >> You mean like Oracle? > > No, I meant like Intel or an OS that only runs on one or a few CPU > types, or a language that only runs on one OS. Aside from the > constraints/control the associated vendor might impose you lock > yourself out of an easy move to any new alternatives that might come > along or consolidation of apps on the platform of your choice. I hear what your saying but corporate greed will always trump r