[pypy-svn] rev 1846 - pypy/trunk/doc/funding

[nico at codespeak.net]

Author: nico
Date: Mon Oct 13 13:57:48 2003
New Revision: 1846

Modified:
   pypy/trunk/doc/funding/B4.resources.txt
Log:
updated Logilab and my own descriptions

Modified: pypy/trunk/doc/funding/B4.resources.txt
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--- pypy/trunk/doc/funding/B4.resources.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/trunk/doc/funding/B4.resources.txt	Mon Oct 13 13:57:48 2003
@@ -100,30 +100,24 @@
   Country: France
   Contact: Nicolas Chauvat
 
-Logilab (http://www.logilab.com) specializes in the use of Python for
-advanced computing, artificial intelligence and knowledge
-manipulation. Logilab works for large public and private entities in
-France and Europe, including Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique,
-Electricité De France, SNECMA, etc. Logilab was involved in two IST
-projects before, ASWAD (free software workflows for public
-administration) and KIDDANET (web filtering for kids based on machine
-learning techniques).
-
-For over three years, Logilab has been dedicating resources to
-high-profile projects such as intelligent agents, natural language
-processing and semantic web applications. Several are already
-available as free software.
-
-Logilab is commited to free software and has been contributing to the
-free software and Python communities since its creation in 2000, in
-part through its Logilab.Org website.
-
-Logilab is currently steadily growing and is expected to reach the
-size of 10 people by the end of 2003. Logilab's role in the project as
-a technical partner will be to contribute to the implementation of the
-new interpreter, port its existing projects (logic and aspect-oriented
-programming, static checking, etc.) to the new interpreter using
-object-spaces and develop for embedded devices.
+Logilab (http://www.logilab.fr/) specializes in the use of Python for advanced
+computing, artificial intelligence and knowledge manipulation. Logilab works
+for large public and private entities in France and Europe, including
+Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Electricité De France, SNECMA, etc.
+Logilab was involved in two IST projects before, ASWAD (free software
+workflows for public administration) and KIDDANET (web filtering for kids
+based on machine learning techniques). The company has currently seven
+full-time employees and is expected to reach the size of ten by the end of
+2003.
+
+For over three years, Logilab has been dedicating resources to high-profile
+projects such as intelligent agents, natural language processing and
+semantic web applications. Logilab has also been contributing libraries to
+the Python languages, namely XML processing, logic and aspect-oriented
+programming and static checking. Since Logilab has been committed
+to free software from its creation in 2000, most of these projects are
+available under a free software licence from the Logilab.Org website.
+
 
 **Changemaker**
 
@@ -346,6 +340,17 @@
 programmer of the fantasy portal gildia.com. His passions: programming, 
 traveling, philosophy.
 
+**Nicolas Chauvat**: He completed his studies of engineering (spec. Robotics)
+at Ecole Centrale Paris and computer science (Artificial Intelligence) at
+Université Paris 6. Worked as a researcher in industrial and academic
+laboratories in France and in the USA before founding Logilab in year 2000.
+Research work concerned the modelisation of complex distributed electronic
+systems as agent communities and human-agent interaction based on
+context-awareness capabilities. President and CEO of Logilab. Python user
+since 1997. Secretary of the Python Business Forum. Chairman of the
+"EuroPython Science Track".
+
+
 Quality of partnership, involvement of users and SMEs 
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -412,9 +417,10 @@
 Logilab
 +++++++
 focuses on constraints and aspect oriented programming and will verify
-that Pypy is extensible with specialised language features.
+that Pypy is both extensible with specialised language features and
+embeddable in small-sized devices with dedicated hardware.
 
-With 6 full time employees, Logilab is an SME representative.
+With 7 full time employees, Logilab is an SME representative.
 
 Python Business Forum
 +++++++++++++++++++++