* Neil Ford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >>
> >> This is a plea for help. Here is the situation:
> >
> >[situation snipped]
> >
> >> My belief is that the LAMP type route provides a very cost effective,
> >> portable and scalable solution but I concede that bigger backends are
> >> needed for volume transaction systems.
> >
> >Funnily enough I am about half way through an article for the new
> >www.onlamp.com site that is quite relevant to your situation. I'll whip
> >myself to get it finished soon.
> >
> >> The help I need is in answering some questions:
> >>
> >> What big corporates are using perl in web development and
> >> how/for what ?
> >
> >Lots. In the last couple of weeks alone I've run across one operating stock
> >exchange heavily built around Perl, and the content management system /
> >e-marketplace hubstorm (www.hubstorm.com) is almost entirely Perl based.
> >Neither are trivial applications, although I don't vouch for how effective
> >they are or if Perl was the right tool to use.
> >
> As one of the requirements listed was content management you can
> through in the BBC, especially the interactive telly division. Heck,
> they even gave a presentation at YAPC::Europe.
>
they even won a BAFTA for some of the stuff they (we) did with perl
http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net/pics/greg_bafta_bw.jpeg
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Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
