On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:58:59 -0400 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Software integrators: > > * Linux distributions and other operating system vendors > * Sumo redistributions (commercial or otherwise) > * "Python based environments" (PTVS, Enthought Canopy, wakari.io, > Python Anywhere, etc) > * Software-as-a-Service developers > * Device manufacturers > * PC OEMs > * creators of corporate "Standard Operating Environment" definitions > * System integrators (IBM, Boeing et al) > * Application developers (from simple CLI tools to OpenStack)
I don't understand this. Why are SaaS developpers or application developpers (oh, why are they separate, by the way? :-)) "software integrators" rather than "end users"? While Linux distributions, OS vendors and the like will build their own Python from source, normal developers will usually rely on an already existing packaging of Python (an installer, or a distribution-provided package). > For end users, Python is likely consumed as *part of something else*. Well, even for some developers. Consider someone writing a Web application with Django (*): are they interested in Django because of Python, or in Python because of Django? How can you reliably make the difference? (*) or a video game with Ren'Py Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
