ANNOUNCEMENT: PythonWorks 1.0 now available (may 31, 2000)

[Stephen Hansen]

    Hey, that looks kind of nice, a professional IDE (?) for Python.. I just
have one little question, though....

    Three hundred and ninety five dollars? Are you kidding?

    Is this product up to the quality level of, say, any of the RAD
environments from Borland, who's standard-editions are about $100? Or how
about Visual Basic (Professional $279 -- I don't see a "standard" on
shop.microsoft.com, but the Learning edition is also about $100) [ MS VC++'s
standard is about $100 I think, also, but i'm not including it in this
because I have a hard time calilng it a 'RAD' environment... that
splitting-of-a-window thing it makes you do is irritating, I want to be able
to draw a whole form :P ]

    Are your features comparable to any of the above mentioned products, in
intent or _completion_? I'm not flaming you or anything like that, i'm just
rather flabbergasted. I've shelled out a hundred bucks to both MSoft and
Borland for their C++ environments(Granted, I was getting the 'Pro'
environments at a student discount, but still), and have done similar for
other such products.. But I can't even fathom the possibility of spending
twice that much on something which isn't BETTER then the aforementioned
products, let alone four times as much.

--S, who's still in shock.


PythonWare <info at pythonware.com> wrote in message
news:00de01bfcaf3$6236de90$0500a8c0 at secret.pythonware.com...
it's time for a major release from the labs:

    PythonWorks is a rapid application development tool, designed for
    efficient development in Python.  PythonWorks includes editors,
    a debugger, a user-interface design tool, project browser, deploy-
    ment tools, integrated on-line help, and a scriptable environment.

    To learn more, visit the PythonWorks product site:

        http://www.pythonware.com/products/works

    If you order now, you get:

    - PythonWorks 1.0 for Windows 9X/NT/2000 (more platforms 3Q00)
    - a personal license for PythonWorks 1.X on all available platforms
    - free upgrades throughout the entire 1.X series
    - support via mail

    For more information, please visit the product site, or mail us
    at info at pythonware.com.

regards,
the pythonworks team

    "Secret Labs -- makers of fine pythonware since 1997."