O’Reilly have released a Python Success Stories paper by Guido van Rossum and Alex Martelli (pdf, 1.2Mb). It surveys eight applications of Python, and is aimed at technical managers and architects unsure about whether to investigate Python.
Since it is marketing material, you have to read it warily. It tells the facts truthfully, but upsides are emphasised and downsides minimised.
On the other hand, it will get Python on the radar of many influential IT people. Neat.
You can tell that Python isn’t main-stream yet, simply because the paper had to be written. I remember when Java used to have sucess stories. Here’s some from 1996.
Via Matt Quail, via Oliver Burn.
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