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mikewoodhouse··on Developers say Microsoft has "betrayed" them by changing Silverlight strategy
Not exactly the pinnacle of BBC reporting there. No attribution, link or otherwise for the assertion that "Developers" say they've been "betrayed". Who are they, how many of them are there, how much actual investment have they made and how do they expect to lose out? Not saying the story's necessarily wrong or untruthful, just that as presented so far it can't be considered anything more than gossip.
mikewoodhouse··on Ask HN: Why Python over Ruby?
When you say "win", are you meaning in the sense of "there can only be one"?

Why limit the discussion to Python and Ruby? Why not include PHP, say? Why have Python and Ruby "lost" to PHP? What about C++, Java and C#?

Heck, VB is still more "popular" than either: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....