In the long run, I think there's a small book here. See 8 reasons Python will rule the enterprise — and 8 reasons it won’t | InfoWorld. The conclusion, "Teams need to migrate slowly into the future, and adopting more Python is a way to do that," seems to be sensible …

This is the best part about Python -- you can build something quickly. And it really works.

But.

What are the next steps?

While there are a *lot* of possibilities, I'm focused on an "enterprise work group" application that involves a clever web service/RESTful API built in Flask. Maybe with …

The Open Source Enterprise article in the November 15th InformationWeek is quite cool. Here's the "wow" quote for me.

Another way that open source code meets current needs is through lighter-weight integration than commercial vendors typically offer. By definition, open source code adheres to publicly approved standards. That means open …

The article by Joe Wilcox in eWeek is actually really good -- except for the silly subtitle. See "No Enterprise Thaw for Vista ". It provides solid evidence that Vista is covered in FAIL. Not rumor or bias, but solid research on sales, adoption, conversion and the like.

The only flaw in …

Here's some reference information on the "Cone of Uncertainty". JB says that Steve McConnell popularized it. There's an orphaned wikipedia article , a note on Construx.com's site, an article in the IEEE Digital Library, and an image on Microsoft's china site.

It's crap. Why do we use it? Because it …

Some reading:

1. Flexible Software is Error-Enabling Software , by Sean McGrath. If users can make changes, they can make mistakes. Why would you allow users to make changes? It's their process, it's their data. But, everyone in IT is absolutely sure that end users a lying gypsies. After all, if you …

Let's look at one failing business model: record sales. See Ars Technica for one summary: Legal music downloads soar as CD sales fall . That's news from 3 years ago. Look at Digital Media Wire's report from this year "Digital Music Download Sales to Pass CD Sales by 2012 ".

What does …

See Martin Fowler's essay on Technical Debt . Also see Steve McConnell's thoughts <http://blogs.construx.com/blogs/stevemcc/archive/2007/11/01/technical-debt-2.aspx.

We can use Agile techniques to get things done ASAP and ACAP (As Soon As Possible and As Cheap As Possible). However, we still need to …

Someone sent this question to their manager and included me on the CC: list.

"Would you consider tools like Django to quickly build web apps ?"

My suggestion is that a bald query like this can only get on of two possible answers: "No" (and a large number of unsubtle variations …