The secrets of Node’s success20110609174707
The secrets of Node’s success
What’s all that twitter fuss about Node you ask? Well, our very own Troy Topnik wrote a “Smart and technically literate history of Node.js...
Curse less with Python20110228225609
Curse less with Python
February 28, 2011activepython, dynamic languages, programming languages, python
“As any programmer can tell you, programming will make you swear. But did you know that writing C++ will make you swear considerably more than P...
Buy vs Build: Delivering Better, Faster Software with Best of Breed Solutions20110210192707
Buy vs Build: Delivering Better, Faster Software with Best of Breed Solutions
February 10, 2011oem licensing
One of the most highly publicized software development project failures belongs to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Before 2000, many of the...
New Poll Results: Using Tcl 8.5 and Upgrading to Tcl 8.620101013214938
New Poll Results: Using Tcl 8.5 and Upgrading to Tcl 8.6
We conducted some polls during our webinar, Smooth Transitions: Using Tcl 8.5 and upgrading to Tcl 8.6 and have the result to share! (If you missed th...
ActiveState Code Gets a Facelift20100914125050
ActiveState Code Gets a Facelift
September 14, 2010activestate code, activestate community, code recipes, mailing lists
We have recently rejuvinated ActiveState Code and it’s ready for public consumption. ActiveState Code (together with the ActiveState Commu...
Key Modules Added to ActivePython20100903171834
Key Modules Added to ActivePython
September 3, 2010activepython, cryptography, database modules, gui toolkits, python
ActivePython is now more enterprise-ready then ever! With the inclusion of several key modules, ActivePython is now the best choice for all your Pytho...
New M2Crypto Module in ActivePython20100831131725
New M2Crypto Module in ActivePython
August 31, 2010activepython. m2crypto module, business edition, enterprise, open ssl, python, ssl
With security being top of mind for many organizations, the addition of the most complete Python wrapper for OpenSSL, M2Crypto, is a welcome addition ...
5 Key Database Modules added into ActivePython: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and ODBC20100819131521
5 Key Database Modules added into ActivePython: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and ODBC
August 19, 2010activepython, business edition, database modules, python commercial support
ActivePython now provides five key Python database modules: mysql-python, psycopg2, cx_Oracle, pyodbc, and pymssql. With the addition of these modules...
Freedom vs. Cost Savings20090617205931
Freedom vs. Cost Savings
June 17, 2009business models, business solutions, open source enteprise
Another gem from Matt Asay on his blog The Open Road today. He discusses how for a long time the message behind why companies should adopt open source...
Critical systems using Perl, Tcl or Python? Time to think about support.20090514203036
Critical systems using Perl, Tcl or Python? Time to think about support.
May 14, 2009business solutions, perl, python, support
A recent blog post by Matt Asay caught our eye here at ActiveState: “Recent survey data compiled by Forrester Consulting on behalf of informatio...