The company does use Python on rare occasions. It all comes down to the prejudices and habits of one of the programmers. His only argument I can't counter -because I don't see the problem- is that "Python modules cause problems for updates to customer's installations".
This is purely an argument from ignorance, a logical fallacy. Python is one of the more flexible, cleanly designed tools you could have at your disposal--it is certainly more powerful, flexible and elegant than VBScript. If he has any doubts about how things can be designed with Python, show him that py2web (a web server/development environment) requires no installation, can run on a USB memory stick, can work with multiple operating systems, and can run on a cell phone (see youtube demo).
Next time you talk to him, when he say that again, interrupt him, and say: "[citation needed]" (don't forget the parentheses). I don't really see any reason why "python modules would cause problem for updating customer's installations", and I can't find anything on Google that mentioned any problem. However, I do know that upgrading python modules is easier than upgrading most other language's libraries[citation needed]. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
-- Shane Geiger, IT Director Council For Economic Education / www.councilforeconed.org sgei...@councilforeconed.org / 402-438-8958 Teaching Opportunity -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
