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I suppose MS is using IPython internaly.
by adrianlmm 13y ago
I suppose MS is using IPython internaly.
- nbevans 13y agoAlways a conspiracy on HN when it involves Microsoft, eh?
- bostonpete 13y agoWhy is it a conspiracy theory to infer that if Microsoft is supporting a technology financially that they're likely using it internally (or planning to)? MS isn't a charity...
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- seanmcdirmid 13y agoThe grant supposedly comes from Microsoft Research Connections. They give grants all the time to projects (usually at universities), I've (as a MSR researcher) even been involved in a one before with KAIST concerning a JavaScript related topic. Interest alignment is quite flexible.
- fperez_org 13y agoNote that this is a donation, not a grant. The legal terms are completely different.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoThanks for the clarification. Note that I'm a researcher, not a lawyer! We participate in relationships that involve money going from us to others, the nature of which I'm not very clear about but the right people are. I'll be careful about my terminology in the future.
- fperez_org 13y agoI'm also a researcher, but I've had to learn how these things work :) When you accept funds for a grant, that's a contract between the funding agency and typically your employer (UC Berkeley in my case), not you as a person. It's a contract to deliver the outcomes that you specified in your proposal. A donation is just that, a donation: no strings attached, it is made in support of recipient's work and mission, but without any specific task in mind. Just like when you donate to your local public radio, you can't say "I want these funds to pay only for such and such program I like".
- sanskritabelt 13y agoWell come on, who uses python internally and doesn't use ipython?
- mercurial 13y agoI use bpython, personally.