Canonical releases Storm as open source

   
  CANONICAL RELEASES STORM AS OPEN SOURCE
  

  New Python-based Database Communication Tool
  Represents First Open Source Component of Launchpad
  

  LONDON, July 9, 2007 – Canonical Ltd today announced the release of Storm,
a generic open source object relational mapper (ORM) for Python. Storm is
designed to support communication with multiple databases
simultaneously. Canonical is best known for the popular Ubuntu operating
system and Launchpad, a web-based collaboration platform for open source
developers.
  

  "Storm is an ORM that simplifies the development of database-backed
applications in Python, especially for projects that use very large databases
or multiple databases with a seamless web front-end," said Gustavo Niemeyer,
lead developer of Storm at Canonical. "Storm is particularly designed to feel
very natural to Python programmers, and exposes multiple databases as stores
in a clean and easy to use fashion."
  

  The project has been in development for more than a year for use in
Canonical projects such as Launchpad (http://launchpad.net), and is now
publicly available under the LGPL license. This will be the first complete
Launchpad component to be released as open source software.
  

  "We're excited about using Storm for Launchpad, and that it is being
released as open source. Storm's API is clear and well designed, making it a
joy to work with," said Steve Alexander, Launchpad Product Manager at
Canonical. "The scalability advantages of Storm's architecture are important
for us to ensure that Launchpad continues to perform well as the number of
Launchpad users grows." 
  

  Launchpad currently includes developers data for several thousand projects
and is used by tens of 
  thousands of developers, translators, and other free software contributors.
The Storm project welcomes participation, and has a new website at
http://storm.canonical.com. That site includes a tutorial, and links to allow
developers to download, report bugs and join the mailing list.
  

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headquartered in Europe committed to the development, distribution and
support of open source software products and communities. World-class 24x7
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team and partners. 
  

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