flyingfred0 wrote: > A small software team (developers, leads and even the manager when he's > had time) has been using (wx)Python/PostgreSQL for over 2 years and > developed a successful 1.0 release of a client/server product. > > A marketing/product manager has brought in additional management and > "architecture" experts to propose moving the entire thing to a Java > (application server) platform for the next release. They want a > "scalable, enterprise solution" (though they don't really know what that > means) and are going crazy throwing around the Java buzzwords (not to > mention XML). > > The developers (including myself) are growing uneasy; the management is > continuing to push their requirements and ignore the engineers. I think > there's still hope, but I'm at a loss for ideas beyond pointing out the > success stories of Python and Zope and language comparisons between > Python and Java. > > What experiences have those in the Python community had in these kinds > of situations?
Marketing types need a bandwagon to jump on. Point out that Google is used by Google, ILM and NASA. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list