Dealing with marketing types...

[phil]

> 
> What experiences have those in the Python community had in these kinds 
> of situations?
> 
Ive had lots of experience updating my resume and

developing software at home.  In Python.

Java is a clumsy kludge.  And the java environment has gone to hell.
Managers DO NOT listen to engineers.  Marketing people cannot
spell indianere.  Sorry, to be so pessimistic.
They are gonna outsource anyway.  It's such a sexy buzzword,
how can they resist?  How can you have an interesting
management/marketing meeting in which noone knows their
head from their richard, without cool buzzwords?
There are lots of good projects to work on at home.
Get your unemployment then a good waiter job.

Seriously, its cottage industry/small business that drives this
world, not the clowns you are describing. They are losers.
Don't let them drag you down.

If you really want to fight this on their terms, you need
engineering to write a white paper which is absolute horsedooey
but is loaded with stuff they cannot possible comprehend
and arrives at totally unsupported conclusions that you like.
Have all the engineers sign off and get some authoritative
endorsement.  This will introduce fear and paralysis at
the mgmt level.  Then get a couple happy customers and
lock it in.