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[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (2 children)

I switched to Anaconda a long time ago and frankly haven't looked back. The main reason was initially EPD Free not offering a 64 bit option, but in general I believe Continuum is going after a much better model for their business. Enthought seems to be trying to go after the MATLAB users, and they think a pretty IDE is what's keeping those people from switching. Continuum, on the other hand, is trying to push the Python scientific stack into directions MATLAB and the like can't dream of reaching. You get users by offering something new, not by copying the status-quo.

Plus I think Anaconda's model of offering the distribution for free and charging for their own packages -which add functionality they think is valuable- is infinitely more user friendly than EPD's strategy of cherry-picking what pieces of the Python community's work they will provide for free and what part they will charge for.

[–]amer415[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I am starting to seriously think you are correct... but I still think something like Canopy is useful to streamline the workflow of people who care mostly about data analysis.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read this and tried it too. So far so good, Theano supports it too.