Dear Francesc, Vincent, and Ivan, Thank you for the great software you produce. Please accept my sincere thanks for making it easy to save and analyze multi-gigabyte files - it has been a real pleasure to use your software, which has saved me countless hours. I'm sorry the Coop didn't work out, but I wish you best of luck with your future endeavors, and I hope our paths may cross again.
-Andrew Straw Francesc Altet wrote: > Hello, list members, > > Unfortunately, I have sad news for you: Carabos Coop. V. is ceasing > operations by May 1st, 2008. > > During the past three years, we have tried very hard to produce > first-class software that is designed to operate in the most demanding > of environments. While we have succeeded in meeting that goal > (although, as you are all well aware, it's a constantly moving > target), we haven't been so fortunate in creating a sustainable > business model to fund development. > > Although we were very aware of the risks of creating a company around > a FLOSS model, we decided to go forward and started the cooperative > back in April 2005. During our first few months of operation, Carabos > landed several contracts that made us optimistic for the future. > Unfortunately, after this initial promising start, not enough > contracts came in. We were able to generate a bit more revenue by > selling proprietary front-ends and added features to the core > software, but not in sufficient quantity to cover our costs. > > Having said this, we would like to reassure you that the Carabos crew > will continue to maintain and promote the software that we have > created on a best-effort basis. In particular, Francesc Alted will > continue to support PyTables/PyTables Pro, with some help from Ivan > Vilata, while Vicent Mas will continue to support ViTables. > > Our existing proprietary software will follow different paths. > PyTables Pro, the commercial counterpart of PyTables, will continue to > be run by Francesc Alted as an individual. However, its current > liberation process will undergo significant changes (including a > revision of the prices); more info about this will be properly > announced on this list in the next few weeks. Regarding ViTables, it > will become free software, as Vicent Mas will announce soon. > > Finally, we want to thank everybody who has worked with Carabos all > these years, and let us say that it has been a great pleasure for us > to help you out. > > Thank you! > > The Carabos crew: > Ivan Vilata (Member) > Vicent Mas (Secretary) > Francesc Alted (President) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
