28 Feb
2008
28 Feb
'08
9:27 p.m.
With the bundle - yes of course. I mean, if the bundle becomes the defacto standard for deploying python, numpy etc, and the charges worry people, then they may be less likely to try it. I've no idea whether that will be a big factor - I guess it's difficult to say.
For example - imagine the following scenario. Someone moderately junior has just joined a company or government institution. They become keen on python, start playing with python, VTK and so on, and try and persuade others in the company to try it. If they find they have to ask the accounts people for money before they install the bundle, or they have to build it all from scratch, they may not, which means lost users. Matthew