@stefanv, my main motivation for writing this section was to address my friend @DocSavage's comment that we should explain why someone might choose scikit-image if they have no particular loyalty or necessity to be in Python in the first place. "Improving the Python ecosystem" is not going to impress anyone not already in Python.

@ahojnnes, thanks! Btw, I was amazed to find that the correct citation for OpenCV is in "Dr Dobb's Journal of Software Tools"! First prize for "sounds most like a made-up journal"! ;) Also btw, I've often wondered, what's the story behind your anagrammed github id? =)