Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread didier rano
n developers > > than asp.net developers. There are probably other reasons, but can't > > think of them off the top of my head. Also, Python has more > > applications than C# does, and django has a mascot. Where is C# > > mascot? Retired!! > > > > Jonathan C.

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread JHeasly
bably other reasons, but can't > think of them off the top of my head. Also, Python has more > applications than C# does, and django has a mascot. Where is C# > mascot? Retired!! > > Jonathan C. > > On Apr 22, 8:28 am, Kenneth Loafman wrote: > > > > > > &g

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Jonathan Chen
, Python has more applications than C# does, and django has a mascot. Where is C# mascot? Retired!! Jonathan C. On Apr 22, 8:28 am, Kenneth Loafman wrote: > Joe Goldthwaite wrote: > > I’ve been working for a startup for a month or so.  The main guy is > > enthusiastic about techn

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Javier Guerra Giraldez
I want to state some points that should be obvious: - All three techonogies mentioned so far (Django, .NET and Rails) can work on flawlessly on big, important projects when used correctly, or can fail on medium/small deployments when used incorrectly. - .NET is a lower-level layer than Django or

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Andy McKay
On 2010-04-21, at 10:40 PM, Joe Goldthwaite wrote: > The guy mentioned that they originally started with a > different company using Ruby on Rails. He said that after the other company > got bogged down and wasn't making progress, he switched to the new company > that we're considering. He said

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Kenneth Loafman
Joe Goldthwaite wrote: > I’ve been working for a startup for a month or so. The main guy is > enthusiastic about technology. He probably runs more applications on > his computer than anyone I know. He also switched from a Windows > background to a Mac notebook a year ago. He doesn’

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:45 AM, thanos wrote: > > > > Finally just recently SEC announced that they might require regulatory > files to be submitted in Python and not in legal English. > Their rational is that Python is less ambigious and the English and > more clean, readable and structured tha

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Brendan Smith
les to be submitted in Python and not in legal English. > Their rational is that Python is less ambigious and the English and > more clean, readable and structured than XML. (http://www.sec.gov/ > rules/proposed/2010/33-9117.pdf<http://www.sec.gov/%0Arules/proposed/2010/33-9117.pdf&g

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread thanos
d in Python and not in legal English. Their rational is that Python is less ambigious and the English and more clean, readable and structured than XML. (http://www.sec.gov/ rules/proposed/2010/33-9117.pdf). Thanos On Apr 22, 1:40 am, "Joe Goldthwaite" wrote: > I've been

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 22 April 2010 09:48, Wander Nauta wrote: > I believe the article you were looking for is this one: > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/1742203/London-Stock-Exchange-Rejects-NET-For-Open-Source > > It's about the London Stock Exchange, who ditched .NET for something > Linux-based. > Th

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Wander Nauta
te" wrote: > I've been working for a startup for a month or so.  The main guy is > enthusiastic about technology.  He probably runs more applications on his > computer than anyone I know.  He also switched from a Windows background to > a Mac notebook a year ago.  He doesn'

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Sam Lai
On 22 April 2010 15:40, Joe Goldthwaite wrote: > I’d like examples of large systems written in Django or other open source > frameworks.  I’d also like stories about companies who tried .net switched > over to open source.  It seems like there was a big Microsoft project on > some stock exchange p

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-22 Thread Jesaja Everling
On the Django homepage, there are a few big sites mentioned that use Django. lawrence.com washingtonpost.com EveryBlock LJWorld.com Tabblo Toronto Life A lot more can probably be found on djangosites.org. I also would tell him that Google endorses Django, for example by shipping it with App Engin

Re: Working for a startup.

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Chamberlain
On Apr 22, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Joe Goldthwaite wrote: > I’d like examples of large systems written in Django or other open source > frameworks. I’d also like stories about companies who tried .net switched > over to open source. It seems like there was a big Microsoft project on some > stock

Working for a startup.

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Goldthwaite
I've been working for a startup for a month or so. The main guy is enthusiastic about technology. He probably runs more applications on his computer than anyone I know. He also switched from a Windows background to a Mac notebook a year ago. He doesn't know a lot about web developm