[Python-ideas] Making Python more enterprise technology

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:37:19 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From my experience, Python most effectively makes its way into
> organisations the way Linux did originally: developers are able to get
> approval to use it at a fairly low level because it doesn't cost
> anything, the licensing is more than reasonable and it will get the job
> done. Once it is in the door and being used for "support" tasks, it
> slowly makes its way closer and closer to core internal business
> applications (as different tasks come up, developers do initial
> prototypes in Python to try out functionality, then ask the obvious
> question "hey, how about we do the real thing in Python as well?").

My latest customer was a PHP and Java shop. I used Python for the work
I had to do, and recently I learnt that their IT department had started
hiring (or trying to hire) people with Python competences. That might
indicate they intend to invest more in Python.

Regards

Antoine.