1. First, even if one of the perlmonks links mentioned Amazon, there are so many links here that you can't be sure that'll be noticed, so you should make that explicit. It'll probably be taken more seriously than /. or pm, which raises a question...
2. ...is your audience going to be suits or coders? If the former, turns of phrase like "aiding and abetting" might not be a good idea if you trying to convince them of Perl's legitimacy.
3. I know you've got links to spare, but here's an excellent link I found today, surfing the Big Kahuna's home page. It's the only link on his page under "Advocacy":
   • The Importance of Perl by Tim O'Reilly and Ben Smith.
   It's got a lot about Perl vs. C/C++/Java, including for application development, and includes short versions of the success stories, including Amazon. It might make a good additional link; in any case, it should be worth reading for ideas.

-- Frag.