From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F588BC69 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:27:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l283RLsw021212 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:27:23 +0100 Received: from ppp19-103.lns2.syd7.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.201]) ([59.167.19.103]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2007 13:57:17 +1030 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,262,1170595800"; d="scan'208"; a="59622923:sNHT2435730325" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Interactive technical computing From: skaller To: Jim Miller Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: References: <200703080113.22721.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <1173322347.12230.61.camel@rosella.wigram> <1173323451.12230.77.camel@rosella.wigram> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:27:11 +1100 Message-Id: <1173324431.12230.94.camel@rosella.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45EF8299.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; warming:98 sourceforge:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 computing:05 wed:06 researchers:07 modelling:08 $500:90 john:09 i'm:09 certainly:09 felix:09 felix:09 although:09 On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 22:19 -0500, Jim Miller wrote: > Ah, I misunderstood ... > > I would say that with the researchers I know of and work with, the > answer would be no. $5K these days is a lot of money for most of the > scientists I'm working with, to the point that they're actually using > Octave and R (free) and moving away from buying their analysis > packages. So how about $500? I just picked a random number out of the air. Don't forget .. the general framework Harrop describes isn't restricted to the science market, certainly not just atmospherics. Although with the current hype about global warming, atmospheric modelling might get additional funds pumped in .. :) -- John Skaller Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net