On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> David Ascher wrote
> > Likable, probably -- but also, very possibly, out of business. We
> > (ActiveState) are in the fairly unusual position of trying to be both
> > valued community members and a successful business at the same
> > time.
>
> not that unusual in the python universe, though -- cannot think of
> any Python tools provider that doesn't also do open source stuff...
>
> Secret Labs, the WingIDE guys, theKompany, eGenix... (etc)
Completely agreeing with /F, and just adding Digital Creations to the
list. Of course, that doesn't detract from what David was saying --
sadly, it is still not considered the standard way to do business;
most companies seem to find it redundant to contribute anything back,
and I am certainly happy that Active State goes against the flow....
Now, if only the .deb's were as proffessional looking as the windows
installer ;-)
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