Why Activestate Python ?

[Sakesun Roykiattisak]

>Apart fromt he fact that they bundle Mark Hammond's Windows Extensions
>with it (in the windows version) - what is to be gained from using
>their distributio instead of the 'normal' one ?

For me, Mostly documents.
Win-html-help, extra documents (PEPs, Dive Into Python, Python HOWTOs, Non-Programmers Tutorial)

It's great start point for newbie like me.