I'm pleased to announce that Enthought has released the Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) 2.5.2001 for OS X! EPD is a Distribution of the Python Programming Language (currently version 2.5.2) that includes over 60 additional libraries, including ETS 2.7.1. Please visit the EPD website (http://www.enthought.com/epd) to get the OS X release, or just to find out more information about EPD 2.5.2001 So what’s the big deal? In addition to making everyones’ life easier with installation, EPD also represents a common suite of functionality deployed across platforms such as Windows XP, RedHat Linux, and now OS X 10.4 and above. The cross-platform promise of Python is better realized because it’s trivial for everyone to get substantially the same set of libraries installed on their system with a single-click install. What’s the catch? You knew it was coming, huh? If you’d like to use EPD in a Commercial or Governmental entity, we do ask you to pay for an annual subscription to download and update EPD. For academics and non-profit, private-sector organizations, EPD is and will remain free. Let’s be clear, though. EPD is the bundle of software. People pay for the subscription to download the bundle. The included libraries are, of course, freely available separately under the terms of license for each individual package (this should sound familiar). The terms for the bundle subscription are available at http://www.enthought.com/products/epdlicense.php. BTW, anyone can try it out for free for 30 days. If you have questions, check out the FAQ at http://www.enthought.com/products/epdfaq.php or drop us a line at epd-users@enthought.com. And just one more note: Enthought is deeply grateful to all those who have contributed to these libraries over the years. We’ve built a business around the things they allow us to do and we appreciate such a nice set of tools and the privilege of being part of the community that created them.