-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/05, Lee Cullens imposed order on a stream of electrons to say:
> Personally I think these little package idiosyncrasies are what > discourage non-hacker users and businesses that might otherwise > advance the use of Python, to the benefit of those that have enough > experience and skills to prepare and maintain a presentable tool - > but we all have a perfect right to our own priorities and outlook. You may be interested in this article: http://programming.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/29/0747230 Cameron Laird writes: "So what was the bottom line from the PyCON 2005 conference, held here last week? Python is an open-source technology whose use in enterprise IT operations will only grow for the foreseeable future. Mission-critical development organizations often regard only a handful of languages -- C#, Java, XML, SQL, and few others -- as safe enough for serious projects. From this perspective, Python has been traditionally lumped with "experimental" or "toy" languages. Over and over, however, speakers at this conference presented evidence to the contrary." Here's what Laird says about Python's increasing popularity in the enterprise: "On the whole, however, Python looks more and more like a "safe choice": It's taught in classrooms, budgeted and used in large organizations worldwide, and appears to attract successful enthusiasts. The time looks ripe for a language that has always emphasized its ability to "play nicely" with other technologies on a full range of platforms." Now that companies such as Google, ESRI and Nokia advocate Python use, perhaps some serious resources will be put into polishing Python and its tools. Thomas Juntunen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP SDK 3.2.2 iQA/AwUBQlHtwtFoei/9T3YdEQL9IACcCsrR7yohroUiCbgVYqotKnJ7u6YAn1fZ 4oHYTEZjIzXjJrOyH3mr/mo8 =9DtV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
