Why do advertisements rule the world? Why .net has got that momentum? Is it revolutionnary? No. Is it free? No. Just because it's marketed by the first software company, not known for its innovations, we have to endure all this advertising, FUD campaign, books, public proofs of love, and soon immolation by fire?

There are plenty of things about which companies should take care of. The rapid development is the norm among Python users. Python is mature, cross-platform, reliable. Your company is devoted to clean development, believe in reusability, readability and maintainability. Did it consider Eiffel?

And the others: Ruby, Rebol, Lisp, Perl... and I'm sure I forget many languages. Each of them gains to be known, and there is documentation, presentation available: the big difference is bucks. M$ has bucks, M$ owns companies by the balls. They have locked their documents, locked their messaging, locked their planning. They have $22,956,000,000 of total annual revenue, and they spend a lot on lobbying.

What should we do toward a company who buys judges and government? Just ignore it, but is it enough? If we talk, it can slip too fast on the FUD side of the Force. It's not worth it. Break the chain of advertisement, keep quiet.