Sorry Hatem for the late answer, but we've been quite busy this week. Well, there we go...
Hatem Nassrat (el 2008-02-09 a les 09:31:04 -0400) va dir:: > I see many fully open source projects that are supported mainly due to a > large user base. But commercial funding is allways a plus to any > project. I think this pro and evalutaion stuff maybe turning people > away. Since a commercial company would probably buy Pytables pro and the > investment stops there, whereas if you had no products they would have > feel urged to push the development especially if they integrate it fully > into their systems. I am not really sure about the status of Carabos but > I am just attempting to address factors that may be involved with the > lack of funding. Thanks for your observations. What you exposed makes sense for a large user base, but our situation is substantially different since PyTables covers a niche market and it doesn't have a large user or contributor base. Instead, we're a tiny group of developers working in our own company, spending most of our time on it. We looked for a business model which revolved around Free/Open Source Software, and this is the closest we could get to *in our particular situation*. You may find a more detailed reasoning at the PyTables FAQ: http://pytables.org/moin/FAQ#head-56717b950c5348409ec92f8ef1db147df90e4bc9 > You have been very hepful, never thought I would be this comfortable > with pytables, well I like the feeling that you get when you dive into > something new. The water is allways really cold at first. Thank you, this is always easier with supportive users! ;) :: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer >qo< http://www.carabos.com/ Cárabos Coop. V. V V Enjoy Data ""
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