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The Python Software Foundation ( PSF ) is an American nonprofit organization devoted to the Python programming language , launched on March 6, 2001. The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the Python community and is responsible for various processes within the Python community, including developing the core Python distribution, managing intellectual rights, developer conferences including the Python Conference (PyCon), and raising funds.

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9-583: In 2005, the Python Software Foundation received the Computerworld Horizon Award for "cutting-edge" technology. The PSF focuses on empowering and supporting people within the Python community with grant programs that support sprints, conferences, meetups, user groups, and Python development. The PSF runs Python Conference (PyCon) US, the leading Python community conference. The PSF is

18-417: Is an ongoing decades-old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website and as a digital magazine. As a printed weekly during the 1970s and into the 1980s, Computerworld was the leading trade publication in the data processing industry. Based on circulation and revenue it

27-466: Is called Computerwoche (which translates to "computer week") instead. Computerworld was distributed as a morning newspaper in tabloid format (41 cm) in 51,000 copies (2007) with an estimated 120,000 readers. From 1999 to 2008, it was published three days a week, but since 2009, it was published only on Tuesdays and Fridays. In June 2014, Computerworld US abandoned its print edition, becoming an exclusively digital publication. In July 2014,

36-562: The 100 Best Places to Work in IT, IT Salary Survey, the DATA+ Editors' Choice Awards and the annual Forecast research report. Computerworld in the past has published stories that highlight the effects of immigration to the U.S. (e.g. the H-1B visa) on software engineers. The executive editor of Computerworld in the U.S. is Ken Mingis, who leads a small staff of editors, writers and freelancers who cover

45-542: The PSF. These tiers include: Since late 2012, the Python Software Foundation started recommending that all Python conferences create and apply a code of conduct . This is mandatory to any event to be granted funds by the Python Software Foundation. This article about an organization in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Computerworld Computerworld (abbreviated as CW )

54-465: The primary point of contact for organizations that wish to work with Python, to support Python, or sponsor Python development. The PSF provides a structure by which work, donations, and sponsorships are coordinated worldwide. The PSF also possesses and protects intellectual property associated with Python and the Python community, such as the word "Python," the two-snakes logo, and the terms " PyLadies " and "PyCon." There are five tiers of membership within

63-471: The publisher started the monthly Computerworld Digital Magazine . In 2017 it published features and stories highlighting the magazine's history on the fiftieth anniversary. Computerworld ' s website first appeared in 1996. Computerworld US serves IT and business management with coverage of information technology , emerging technologies and analysis of technology trends. Computerworld also publishes several notable special reports each year, including

72-514: Was Patrick J. McGovern . The company IDG offers the brand "Computerworld" in 47 countries worldwide, the name and frequency differ slightly though. When IDG established the Swedish edition in 1983 i.e., the title "Computerworld" was already registered in Sweden by another publisher. This is why the Swedish edition is named Computer Sweden  [ sv ] . The corresponding German publication

81-520: Was one of the most successful trade publications in any industry. Later in the 1980s it began to lose its dominant position. It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Each country's version of Computerworld includes original content and is managed independently. The parent company of Computerworld US is IDG Communications . The publication was launched in 1967 by International Data Group in Boston , whose founder

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