Microsoft donates $100,000 to IPython via NumFOCUS

[Fernando Perez]

Hi all,

as reported here:

http://ipython.org/microsoft-donation-2013.html

today we're very happy to announce that Microsoft has made a donation of $100,000 to support the continued development of IPython.  We're extremely grateful for this contribution.

Making this possible was a combination of our ongoing collaboration with Microsoft along with the efforts of NumFOCUS, whose 501c3 status makes it possible to handle these financial resources for our community.  

I'd like to thank everyone in the NumFOCUS board for all the behind-the-scenes work they've put into making NumFOCUS a reality.  But in particular I want to highlight how Leah and Anthony put a ton of effort into the logistics necessary for this.

Best,

f

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[James Bergstra]

That's fantastic, congratulations!

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[Anthony Scopatz]

Thanks for the kind words, Fernando, 

But frankly, my efforts are but a small thanks compared to the huge boons that the IPython team has provided me with throughout the years.  This award is well deserved!

Be Well

Anthony

[Nicolas Pettiaux]

Congratulation to all. This is a very very good news.

I would like to know and understand which are the main reasons that have driven such a support by Microsoft, not a company that I would have qualified as a free software lover and suppoter ;-)

Being recognized at the same time by the Free Software Foundation (ok, they rewarded the man, Fernando Perez who created and drives the free software project and code) and by Microsoft, is quite an achievement !

Best regards from Belgium,

Nicolas

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[Damon McDougall]

Fantastic news. Many congratulations.

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[Nicolas Pettiaux]

Hello,

I have another question : is the ipython team free or nearly free to chose the projects where the money will be spent or is it only/mainly related to the advancement of itpyhton on Microsoft platform (with VisualStudio, Azure ...) ?

Thanks,

Nicolas

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[Fernando Perez]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Nicolas Pettiaux <nic...@pettiaux.be> wrote:

Congratulation to all. This is a very very good news.

I would like to know and understand which are the main reasons that have driven such a support by Microsoft, not a company that I would have qualified as a free software lover and suppoter ;-)

Microsoft is a very large company, and in recent years they've been building relations with various parts of the open source community. As indicated in our brief note:

http://ipython.org/microsoft-donation-2013.html

our collaboration with MS dates back several years and has been extremely productive. Before it had consisted mostly of technical discussions that led to their Python Tools for Visual Studio (http://pytools.codeplex.com/, which is BTW fully open source) and some small consulting efforts.  But as described here by Shahrokh:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1n72bm/microsoft_donates_100000_to_the_ipython_team/ccg1eez

the PTVS team's interactions with MS Research led to them being interested in stronger support.

 

Being recognized at the same time by the Free Software Foundation (ok, they rewarded the man, Fernando Perez who created and drives the free software project and code) and by Microsoft, is quite an achievement !

Thanks, but like everything in both IPython and the larger scientific Python ecosystem, it's all about a long, sustained team effort.

Cheers,

f 

[Fernando Perez]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Nicolas Pettiaux <nic...@pettiaux.be> wrote:

I have another question : is the ipython team free or nearly free to chose the projects where the money will be spent or is it only/mainly related to the advancement of itpyhton on Microsoft platform (with VisualStudio, Azure ...) ?

This is a donation with no strings attached, not a grant for any specific project. Under US non-profit regulations, donations like this can *not* have strings attached.  At Numfocus we are learning how all this works, but we are being very scrupulous in our following of these regulations to the best of our understanding.

Cheers,

[Nicolas Pettiaux]

2013/9/27 Fernando Perez <fpere...@gmail.com>

 

Microsoft is a very large company, and in recent years they've been building relations with various parts of the open source community.

indeed
 

As indicated in our brief note:

http://ipython.org/microsoft-donation-2013.html

our collaboration with MS dates back several years and has been extremely productive. Before it had consisted mostly of technical discussions that led to their Python Tools for Visual Studio (http://pytools.codeplex.com/, which is BTW fully open source) and some small consulting efforts.  But as described here by Shahrokh:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1n72bm/microsoft_donates_100000_to_the_ipython_team/ccg1eez

the PTVS team's interactions with MS Research led to them being interested in stronger support.

thanks for the note. 

 

Being recognized at the same time by the Free Software Foundation (ok, they rewarded the man, Fernando Perez who created and drives the free software project and code) and by Microsoft, is quite an achievement !

Thanks, but like everything in both IPython and the larger scientific Python ecosystem, it's all about a long, sustained team effort.

you're modest. Having a group of people working efficiently, on the long run as a team is not a small achievement. I recognize the team work fully.

I appreciate your other mail about «string attached» and the fact that Microsoft gave the money for the best and without conditions.

Thanks,

Nicolas