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On 10/29/2012 02:10 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <mailman.2977.1351455364.27098.python-list@python.org>,
>   Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The sh module looks intersting, but it's not supported for Windows
>> platforms.
>
> "The X module looks interesting but it's not supported for Windows" is
> true for many values of X.  It's all part of the TCO of using a
> brain-dead operating system.

If I write server side code, then I choose my server and my OS, so I 
won't encounter Windows

Unfortunately most the customers won't let me choose their client 
hardware / client OS.

Thus I decide to write my applications cross platform whenever possible 
and try to choose libraries accordingly.