I'm in a company where we are thinking of using Python seriously - mind you, this company has a bespoke project written in Perl (some 20,000+ lines) which quite turned people away (me included) from using Perl. So I don't think we're "normal".
I like your idea of stealth deployment. I will be doing more of that in future. At 26/02/2002 18:32:53, 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 # Roger _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
