From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-07-17T01:47:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby over Python? --> How about a Ruby Success Stories site?

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I won't argue with your point, with which I basically agree, but I would
like to clarify something. You're quoting something I said a long time ago,
about how large companies will not *mandate* anything but Java. That's not
to say that all large companies actually mandate anything, and it doesn't
mean that no large company uses Python (or more precisely, tolerates
Python). It does mean there is a widespread predisposition to believe Java
is the "safest" development language.


On 7/16/06, vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Francis Cianfrocca wrote:
> > > I haven't met anyone working for a large or reasonably-large company
> > > who is thinking of mandating anything but Java. Python is generally
> > > considered highly suspect and Ruby isn't on the radar at all. Ajax is
> seen
>
> I guess Disney qualifies as a reasonably-large company.
>
> I saw on the Python Success Stories site (or somewhere else, its a
> while back), that Disney uses Python heavily. There are also a good
> many other success stories of companies using Python, don't know how
> many of those are big. Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland, and Astra-Zeneca
> (a pharma company) are two others I remember being in that list. The
> site was down just now when I checked, not sure if its down permanently
> or temporarily - http://www.pythonology.org/success. Try the Google
> cache.
>
> Is there any such site for Ruby (a Ruby Success Stories site)? If not,
> might be a good idea to start one. I'd be happy to try to find stories
> to contribute, since I do a good amount of this sort of searching as
> part of my work.
>
> Anyway, it would be a good thing in general, IMO, for the Ruby
> community, to have a Ruby Success Stories site. I think Ruby is a great
> language and, while I'm sure there are a lot of people promoting it,
> this additional way could help (if its not there already - I don't know
> as of now). Increasing the visibility and credibility of Ruby to the
> corporate world may be a good thing - it would encourage them to use it
> more, implying potentially more jobs for Rubyists, whether as employees
> or contractors/consultants.
>
> Update: I tried the Google cache for "Python Success Stories".
> According to it, these (large) companies use Python:
>
> AstraZeneca
> Philips
> Honeywell
> Industrial Light and Magic (company that created visual effects for
> Star Wars)
> The New York Stock Exchange
> The Space Shuttle (I know, not a company, but big:)
> US Navy
> US Dept. of Agriculture
> Boston.com
>
>
> Vasudev
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