I think Numpy made it easier for people to integrate with a ton of open source libraries. Since everything is proprietary and the users are in a few specific ni

I think Numpy made it easier for people to integrate with a ton of open source libraries. Since everything is proprietary and the users are in a few specific niches, Matlab can't be as versatile. Also, each of the Matlab add-ons are another expensive license people are reluctant to pay. Sure, there are a bunch of contributed libraries for specific tasks, but comparatively the community is pretty poor.