[nyangosling]

>It made sense that, if we were going to stay on Python for the next ten years, we should invest in the latest version of the language.

I don't know this stands out to me in particular, but the 10-year commitment is definitely a big decision. I suppose I've never had to make a similar decision so perhaps this is more common than I think.

[treve]

Most successful application I've worked on have either already been around for 10 years, or have lived onto become 10 years old. The ones that didn't, were usually not successful.

It's a good reason to be careful to avoid the latest and greatest, but go for tech that has (some) track record of being maintained and used for a few years.