Hi people, It is always nice that our effort has represented some benefit for the community. I'll try to convert these in some nice quotes for:
http://www.pytables.org/moin/UserQuotes On behalf of the Carabos crew, thanks for letting us know about your experience with PyTables! A Wednesday 07 May 2008, Anand Patil escrigué: > Pytables has been a huge help to pymc also. Pymc produces lots of > samples from certain probability distributions, some of which can be > high-dimensional. David Huard wrote a pytables-based backend that > compresses and saves the samples as they're created. The backend > makes it much possible to work with larger models and recover long > simulations after crashes... and when you're using it, you can hardly > tell the data aren't in memory. Thanks for a terrific product. > > Anand > > On May 7, 2008, at 9:01 AM, Hans Fangohr wrote: > > Dear Francesc, Vincent, and Ivan, > > > > same here: I have discovered pytables when we started saving > > time-dependent finite element simulation data. Our simulation > > package is a novel (multi-physics) approach where we do not know at > > compile time what type of data the user may use and save, so > > flexibility is key. > > > > Thank you very much for producing an excellent tool, and > > documenting and supporting it well. The main package we develop > > that uses pytables is 'nmag' (see http://nmag.soton.ac.uk). > > > > Best wishes for the future, > > > > Hans > > > >> 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. 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