[socal-piggies] ActiveState sponsorship

Grig Gheorghiu grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com
Mon May 2 13:07:09 PDT 2011


Hi John -- are you referring to the ActiveState Python distribution? I
found a page that shows what the non-free versions offer on top of the
free one:

http://www.activestate.com/compare-editions

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:58 PM, John Matthew <john at compunique.com> wrote:
> GREAT NEWS, I love Komodo!
> Have we had a demo from them?  I've always been curious why you'd "buy" a
> language that was already OSS, maybe they can come and show us why?
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Grig Gheorghiu <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I got an email from ActiveState announcing their sponsorship of our
>> group (thanks for Alex Chang for facilitating this). Here are the
>> details:
>>
>> =====================================================
>> ActiveState Software is a founding member of the Python Software
>> Foundation, and we have sponsored PyCon US (and other Python events)
>> since day one. We sponsor several international events and as a
>> commercial supporter of Python, we would like to further our support
>> in the Python community by providing the SoCal Piggies with the
>> following:
>>
>> * the group will receive one free license of Komodo IDE each month (to
>> give to a member)
>> * the group will receive one free one-year subscription to
>> ActivePython Business Edition each year (to give to a member)
>> * save $50 on ActiveState products using your group's own coupon code
>> (use code SOCAL50 at http://store.activestate.com)
>> * add your meetup group to our site for visibility
>> * tweets (follow us @activestate and we'll follow you back/retweet
>> your Python events and comments!)
>> =====================================================
>>
>> I'll start giving away the Komodo IDE licenses as soon as I get them
>> from ActiveState. I'll randomly choose a person each month -- the only
>> requirement is to participate in our meetings ;-)
>>
>> Grig
>>
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