Microsoft Corporation sponsors IPython

That must have been one hell of a demo:<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1n72bm/microsoft_donates_100000_to_the_ipython_team/ccg1eez" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Python&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1n72bm&#x2F;microsoft_don...</a><p>&gt; Basically the PTVS team did a demo of IPython for Microsoft Research big cheeses and asked them to consider donating (used Z3Py theorem prover for the demo). At the end of the hour they were ready to cut the check.

Of course. MS supports Python in Azure, too... they seem to be embracing Python in general into the Microsoft ecosystem.

While you&#x27;re at it, dear Microsoft, please rekindle IronPython development!<p>UPDATE: I&#x27;ve just noticed a new IronPython release after more than a year! Is that a sign of things to come ?

I&#x27;ve been amazed at how compelling a platform IPython - especially the notebook format - has become. On the R front, RStudio also seems to be getting better quite rapidly.

Also see the Numfocus mailing list discussion on this for a touch more detail, if you&#x27;re interested: <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msg/numfocus/h8qfxqlFu0k/fGLxAgOZ2FcJ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;groups.google.com&#x2F;d&#x2F;msg&#x2F;numfocus&#x2F;h8qfxqlFu0k&#x2F;fGLxAgO...</a>

Could someone enlighten me on the special status Python seems to enjoy inside Microsoft? It&#x27;s pretty well supported for something that is not invented by Microsoft.

For anyone who&#x27;s interested, Scott Hanselman recently interviewed one of the Python tools team, well worth a listen:<p><a href="http://www.hanselminutes.com/384/python-tools-for-visual-studio-with-dino-viehland" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hanselminutes.com&#x2F;384&#x2F;python-tools-for-visual-stu...</a>

I suppose MS is using IPython internaly.

$100k ??? really, is that a joke?<p>that&#x27;s basically half of one senior developers salary, and in exchange they get positive press + support for their platform.