message "${MESSAGE_COLOR}\n" \
        "INFO: The previous version of numpy used the Numeric source code.\n" \
        "Numeric was the first arrayobject built for Python. It has been\n" \
        "quite successful and is used in a wide variety of settings and\n" \
        "applications. Development for Numeric has ceased, and users should\n" \
        "transisition to NumPy as quickly as possible. There is a module\n" \
        "called convertcode.py in NumPy that can make the transition to\n" \
        "NumPy easier (it will automatically perform the search-and-replace\n" \
        "style changes that need to be made to python code that uses\n" \
        "Numeric to make it work with NumPy).${DEFAULT_COLOR}"
