by Admin | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
This is a guest post by Matthew Rocklin, cross-posted from his personal blog. You can find him on Twitter at @mrocklin. As general purpose open source software displaces domain-specific all-in-one solutions, many institutions are re-assessing how they build and...
by Admin | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
UPDATE – September 27: We did it! 23 new sustainers joined NumFOCUS to support open source scientific computing software. You can participate, too: Join now. If I could summarize the spirit of NumFOCUS in two words, they would be: Sustainability....
by Andy Terrel | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
It has been brought to my attention that several members of our community did not receive an endorsement ballot. This is an unfortunate situation and one I’m dreadfully sorry happened. We tried to build a process for the endorsement period that was robust and fair....
by Andy Terrel | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
The 2018 NumFOCUS Board Selections have concluded and we are proud to announce our new directors. These directors will take their positions during our annual Summit, taking place in New York from Sept 22-25. Our incoming board members are: Sylvain Corlay — Sylvain has...
by Admin | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog, Corporate Sponsors
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce IMC is now a Corporate Sponsor at the Silver Level. “Sponsoring NumFOCUS is an opportunity for us to show our gratitude, invest in business-critical tools and give back to an organization that we truly admire.” “At IMC, traders, quants...
by Admin | Aug 20, 2018 | Blog, Projects
As Fernando Pérez (NumFOCUS Advisory Council member) has stated, when people are expected to work on open source software for free, only the people who can afford to work for free can participate. So long as that is the case, being able to work on open source will...
