A good way to sneak in is to use the Win32 extensions and hide behind COM. Then you can say stuff like 3 tier, business layer, DCOM, etc. and never mention the "P" word.
--- Stefan Kuzminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suppose the fact that I get 20 emails in response > to this question is a > sign, I know you couldn't get 20 positive third > party comparisions of VB to > Python. I've tried to sell Python in several > organizations over the last > few years with varying degrees of success. The > *key* sticking point ( other > than general fear of the unknown ) is enevitably the > 'well I can just go an > hire VB programmers but nobody knows this Python > thing'. Which of course is > absurd since the python learning curve is so small. > But the managers aren't > in any position to relate since all they control are > resources with resumes > that say VB, C++ or Java... ~sigh~ So my strategy > so far has to been to > build the thing without ever mentioning Python until > it's done.. > > Stefan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Sherborne > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 5:21 PM > To: Stefan Kuzminski; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: advocacy help ( Python vs VB ) > > > Google uses python to script their cluster(s). > > http://www.google.com/jobs/openings.html > > (Search for python on that page, I counted 10) > > Also check out these URLs: > > http://home.rmi.net/~lutz/advocacy.html > > http://py-howto.sourceforge.net/advocacy/advocacy.html > > GBU > Matthew Sherborne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stefan Kuzminski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:25 PM > Subject: advocacy help ( Python vs VB ) > > > > I need to convince my co workers and erstwhile > managers to build a > > production system in Python. They're coming from > a VB world and are > fearful > > to detach from the Redmond mothership. I need > hard facts, not warm and > > fuzzies about syntax but names of big companies > using Python and things VB > > just *cannot* do ( threads, regular expressions.. > ? ). > > > > Thanks, > > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ > > ActivePython mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe: > http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePython mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
