Sun & the Python Community
Ted Leung, author, Apache Software Foundation (ASF) member and long-time Python developer at the Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF), as well as Frank Wierzbicki, lead implementor of the Jython project (Python on the Java VM), will become Sun employees this month. Ted and Frank join other technologists, such as Ian Murdock, Charles Nutter, Thomas Enebo, and Nick Kew who have recently joined Sun to pursue open source project development and community activities.
This doesn't mean any less attention to our efforts around other environments, including Java technology and Ruby. With contributions to the Ruby, JRuby, and Rails communities, Sun has also recently offered tooling support in the NetBeans IDE as well as optimized runtime environments in GlassFish (JRuby) and Solaris/OpenSolaris (Ruby).
Sun is also a platinum sponsor in the upcoming PyCon 2008 conference, including sponsorship of PyCon "sprints", where active development occurs in a variety of projects, including PyPy and Jython. In addition, Sun has recently submitted, for consideration, an application for membership in the Python Software Foundation (PSF).
Looking forward to more great things from the Python community!
Posted at 08:19AM Mar 03, 2008 by Kuldip Oberoi in Work | Comments[0]