[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies

[Louis Pecora]

Chris Barker wrote:

> By the way, I've often thought of forming a company that would produce 
> just what we've been talking about here, but with a bit of a twist:
>
> A set of Python environments for doing specialized development. Some 
> ideas are:
>
> --A database app environment, as easy to use as FileMaker, but with a 
> real language at it's core.
>
> --A scientific programming environment, everything that MATLAB gives 
> you, but again, with a real language at the core.
>
> --Maybe a web framework.
>
> --And you'd probably need to do a general purpose IDE as well.
>
> Anyone have any venture capital?
>
> I know that there are open-source versions of all of these: SciPy, 
> Dabo, Pythoncard, Zope, etc., but they don't have the polish that 
> you'd need to attract the type of newbies that are at the core of this 
> thread.
>
> -Chris

Well I'd certainly like two or three of those and be willing to pay.  I 
agree with your final statement re: current open-source versions.  Just 
wish I had the venture capital for you.  You have the right idea.  Good 
luck.

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