On 2008-05-13, Rajarshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of > the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in > industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python > for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of > backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for > examples with a bit of wow-factor. > > Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for > impressive things?
Have you heard of a company called Google? They use Python a lot. Another company you may have heard of is IBM. I have a laptop made by them. It came with Python pre-installed because a bunch of the system utilities are written in Python. I think I've heard that HP and Compaq do the same (I can't verify it personally). If you've heard of Linux, there's a company called RedHat that wrote their system installer and packaging/system-admin stuff in Python. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
