The Python presentation seems to have been quite a hit, based on the follow-up discussion. (Nice to see some activity on the roundtable list again. Interesting benchmark results, folks!)
For those of you interested in reviewing Brad's slides from his Python presentation, they're up online, and can be found from the page with the April 2003 meeting write-up...
http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/02-03.html#apr
Enjoy!