i am the guilty party. it was an all up talk + demo of IPython on Azure (on a linux VM!), with the punchline delivered using one of MSR's own libraries (z3), wrapped w Python API's (by leonardo de moura). the big cheeses at the mtg were tony hey (VP) & dennis gannon. i had been encouraging them to do more w python at MSR (research work, wrap existing libs with python, etc.) for a while and everything just came together on that day. i should say that the real credit goes to the IPython team as it demos really really well :).
the donation comes w no strings attached & they can spend it any way they want.
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i am the guilty party. it was an all up talk + demo of IPython on Azure (on a linux VM!), with the punchline delivered using one of MSR's own libraries (z3), wrapped w Python API's (by leonardo de moura). the big cheeses at the mtg were tony hey (VP) & dennis gannon. i had been encouraging them to do more w python at MSR (research work, wrap existing libs with python, etc.) for a while and everything just came together on that day. i should say that the real credit goes to the IPython team as it demos really really well :).
the donation comes w no strings attached & they can spend it any way they want.
The work @smortaz and the PTVS team have done with IPython over the years is awesome, and we're really very thankful for this!