I fell deeply sorrow for what happened to young Dr. Warren L. DeLano.
I will remember him for his great contribution to scientific
community. Although he made pymol a commercial software against
scientific spirit, pymol is still one of the best and most intuitive
graphic tools. God bless him and his family forever. Aidong
On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:06 AM, Thomas Stout wrote:
> Greetings everyone --
>
> It has been brought to my attention that a deal has been struck to
> have Schrödinger assume responsibility for the continued development
> and maintenance of PyMOL. Also, Jason Vertrees has agreed to join
> Schrödinger to work in this capacity. Jason has been working
> closely with Warren for the past several years as a co-developer and
> is committed to carrying PyMOL forward in the same manner that
> Warren intended. Schrödinger has committed to keeping PyMOL open-
> source and operating in very much the same manner as under DeLano
> Scientific. Their announcement as posted on the PyMOL web site is
> included below.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom Stout
>
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>
> ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> On January 8, 2010 Schrödinger reached an agreement with the estate
> of the late Dr. Warren L. DeLano to acquire PyMOL. Schrödinger will
> take over continued development and maintenance, as well as support
> and sales of PyMOL, including all current subscriptions. Schrödinger
> will also continue to actively support the open-source community of
> PyMOL.
>
> Prior to Warren's tragic and unexpected passing, he had been working
> closely with Schrödinger to progressively integrate PyMOL with
> Schrödinger's graphical interface, Maestro. With a great sense of
> humility, we will work hard to pick up as best we can where Warren
> left off and will strive to honor his memory by continuing in the
> spirit and tradition of PyMOL.
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