>I'm fairly confident about MS's lukewarm support of IronPython. I don't think it will get more support, nor do I think it will get less support.

I thought source code was made available for IP? Support can be provided if MS loses interest.

>Interestingly, there is what looks like a pretty good IronRuby IDE that works in VS2008 created by a 3rd party. If IronPython had the equivalent, I >think it would open up the market.

Ask the guy to do one for IP.

>For me, the .Net ecology (WCF, WPF, Silverlight 4) is too good a thing to pass up. But if you don't need it, then yes, you will be a lot of stability >sticking with Python.

I agree the eye candy is very important and those tech's provide lot's of eye candy. But the eye candy is available using QT. I've seen QT in a web browser, on cell phones, on desktops (Linux, Mac, Windows). All running similar code (nothing is perfect yet). Yes I realize that the techs offer more than just eye candy. But when creating CRUD apps they offer little more that platform and eye candy.


Johnf