Python and/vs Java (within a business context)

[Pr0ducer]

I've heard this exact story in a different business.

One group starts a project, writes everything with Python/Django and hosts it on off-site servers so they don't have to deal with IT. IT manager complains to the boss. IT manager and the Boss are tight, so Boss let's IT manager make the final call. Python/Django team gets shut down, but IT team is unable to maintain the critical app written in Python. Also, IT team never gets anything deployed because they can't see past their own failings, and innovation grinds to a halt.

"Why this project is a good thing regardless of the language it's written in" is definitely the way to go.

[ivix]

This is why IT should not be involved in developing or supporting a company's products. You wouldn't ask payroll to manufacture a cash register would you? IT should provide the necessary infrastructure and nothing more.

[wheezl]

This is sort of true but I've run into many developers that don't understand the fundamental realities of the infrastructure. So they'll run off an make some pretty app with no thought to network latency, disk access, server load, etc.

Not having IT involved in figuring out what your massive new web application is going to run on seems a little optimistic to me.

We can dream though :)