Yes lack of diversity is a problem in the technical space. It's an historical artifact like the human appendix, a leftover from the past. Prejudice is common, learning to live without it is a struggle to some but mostly the issue is denied or ignored.
I have tried Java applications combined with Python as system duct tape. I had the advantage of access to the deployment environments but the owners kept adding programs and utilities at their will. This combination continues to work well, I have learned quite a bit and can now send all my application updates via EMail. Java is used to create compiled applications that may or may not have a GUI. Python ties it all together and does much of the frontend system level GUI that seems to work on both the Windows & Linux machines inside this multi-tier business system. Lately I have been testing a client side Internet based version using CD booted preconfigured [embedded] Linux all set to go. The CD program connects via the net to the business service backend Web & Applications servers. IIOP provides direct application connection after a traditional web page signon. I am testing this by visiting friends booting their PC's using CD's I have burned. So far it worked on all machines. I suppose I could try distributing the programs, JRE, and Python using an installer, just have not tried that yet.
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Yes lack of diversity is a problem in the technical space. It's an historical artifact like the human appendix, a leftover from the past. Prejudice is common, learning to live without it is a struggle to some but mostly the issue is denied or ignored.
I have tried Java applications combined with Python as system duct tape. I had the advantage of access to the deployment environments but the owners kept adding programs and utilities at their will. This combination continues to work well, I have learned quite a bit and can now send all my application updates via EMail. Java is used to create compiled applications that may or may not have a GUI. Python ties it all together and does much of the frontend system level GUI that seems to work on both the Windows & Linux machines inside this multi-tier business system. Lately I have been testing a client side Internet based version using CD booted preconfigured [embedded] Linux all set to go. The CD program connects via the net to the business service backend Web & Applications servers. IIOP provides direct application connection after a traditional web page signon. I am testing this by visiting friends booting their PC's using CD's I have burned. So far it worked on all machines. I suppose I could try distributing the programs, JRE, and Python using an installer, just have not tried that yet.