(fwd) Re: (fwd) Re: [Spuf] fwd: Python community involvement

I'm forwarding some responses I got when I inquired with the Python
community regarding how to better connect the GNUe community and Python
community.  I doubt that GNUe is yet being distributed with any Linux
distributions, but can anyone provide information on downloads and/or usage
of GNUe?


Stan Klein


>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:05:08 -0700
>From: "Kevin Altis" <[email protected]>
>To: "Stanley A. Klein" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: [Spuf] fwd: [GNUe] Python community involvement
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>Hey Stan,
>I am aware of GNUe. I asked on irc and might have sent an email asking  
>for more info about the popularity of GNUe but didn't get back much  
>info. There didn't seem to be any numbers on downloads, perhaps because  
>most people get the distribution from distributed Linux distributions?!  
>Anyway, if you have the numbers for subscribers to the mailing list or  
>any other kind of data regarding its "popularity" that would be  
>helpful.
>
>ka
>On Apr 14, 2004, at 5:57 PM, Stanley A. Klein wrote:
>
>> Following Stephan Deibel's suggestion, I looked in the archives of the
>> marketing-python list, and found your recent thread on "popular Python
>> programs".  Rather than join the marketing-python list (I'm already on  
>> far
>> too many lists on far too many topics :-), I'm forwarding the email to  
>> you.
>>
>>
>> Stan Klein
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:13:33 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: Stephan Deibel <[email protected]>
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>>> To: "Stanley A. Klein" <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [Spuf] fwd: [GNUe] Python community involvement
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>>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Stanley A. Klein wrote:
>>>> I'm forwarding an email I sent to the Gnu Enterprise list.  As  
>>>> discussed in
>>>> my email, I would like to encourage a closer relationship between  
>>>> GNUe and
>>>> the Python community at-large.
>>>>
>>>> My question for the SPUF group is this:  How do we go about  
>>>> establishing
>>>> such a relationship?
>>>
>>> FWIW, I'm adding them to my list of potential Python Success Stories.
>>> You may also want to email the marketing-python mailing list so people
>>> there are aware of the project:
>>>
>>> http://pythonology.com//mailman/listinfo/marketing-python
>>>
>>> There has been some reporting of larger / potentially prominent users  
>>> of
>>> Python there, and it's probably a useful group to know about this.
>>
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>> Here is the earlier message I sent to the spuf list:
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>> I'm forwarding an email I sent to the Gnu Enterprise list.  As  
>> discussed in
>> my email, I would like to encourage a closer relationship between GNUe  
>> and
>> the Python community at-large.
>>
>> My question for the SPUF group is this:  How do we go about  
>> establishing
>> such a relationship?
>>
>> FYI, GNU Enterprise is an FSF project to develop free/open-source
>> enterprise (sometimes a.k.a. ERP) software, including software for
>> accounting and other operational functions for businesses of all sizes,
>> especially including small business.  The GNUe web site is at
>> www.gnuenterprise.org
>>
>>
>> Stan Klein
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Message: 11
>>> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 22:39:15
>>> From: "Stanley A. Klein" <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [GNUe] Python community involvement
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> I attended this year's PyCon conference a few weeks ago.  The  
>>> conference
>>> was in the Washington, DC area and was easy for me to attend, being  
>>> just a
>>> half-hour Metro ride away.  I was surprised to find a general lack of
>>> knowledge about GNUe among the participants there.
>>>
>>> There were many presentations on Python projects, large and small.  I
>>> regard GNUe as a major Python application, but it wasn't mentioned in  
>>> any
>>> presentation I attended.  When I mentioned it to people, they  
>>> generally
>>> professed ignorance of it.
>>>
>>> I think there needs to be greater contact between the GNUe community  
>>> and
>>> the Python community.  I think such contact would significantly  
>>> benefit
>>> both communities.