Sony support uses Perl

2010-08-13 Thread Joel Limardo
Do we keep a list of current companies that are using Perl anywhere? I just noticed that Sony Support appears to be using Perl: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=HIDC10

RE: Sony support uses Perl

2010-08-13 Thread Jan Dubois
It is kind of pointless to keep track of it, as virtually *everyone* is using Perl somewhere for something. A few years ago somebody analyzed the download logs for ActivePerl with reverse DNS lookup and matched it against the Fortune 1000 companies domain names. I don’t remember the exact

Re: Sony support uses Perl

2010-08-13 Thread Andy Lester
On Aug 13, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Joel Limardo wrote: I think the difference here is significant. Is it enough that people and companies are using Perl and not talking about it, or should they be clear that they use it and rely upon it? Isn't it in the interests of Perl advocacy to present

RE: Sony support uses Perl

2010-08-13 Thread Jan Dubois
Joel Limardo wrote: I disagree that your example discounts my point -- downloading Perl is not the same thing as building your online support system with it and not only leaving the .pl extension on your pages but leaving /perl/ in the URI.  The latter publicly says, 'hey, by the way...we use

Re: Sony support uses Perl

2010-08-13 Thread Joel Limardo
I like PerlBuzz alot. I think it is a good looking and exceedingly relevant site. I don't think, however, that it -- or building sites like it -- makes for a strong, centralized Perl advocacy initiative. I think PerlBuzz's strength is that it does what it says -- I get news and information about

Re: Sony support uses Perl

2010-08-13 Thread Andy Lester
On Aug 13, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Joel Limardo wrote: You've suggested that I build something, but I think that will be ultimately ineffective. OK, so what do you want to have happen? -- Andy Lester = a...@petdance.com = www.theworkinggeek.com = AIM:petdance