>>
>> 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.
And of course BBC Online is predominantly Perl.
Neil.
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Neil C. Ford
Yet Another Computer Solutions Company
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