usage of python

[Mike Driscoll]

On May 13, 12:10 pm, Rajarshi <rajarshi.g... at gmail.com> 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?
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated
>
> Thanks,
> Rajarshi

Take a look at http://python.org/

It lists various companies that use Python. There's also Sourceforge,
which you can use to list a lot of projects made with Python.
Spambayes and bittorrent are a couple of the more "famous" ones.

Mike