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 B5655BC6B for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:22:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.188]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l28CMTiT007637 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:22:29 +0100 Received: from [84.59.117.29] (helo=gate.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML21M-1HPHdP39yG-0001ch; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:22:15 +0100 Received: from flakew.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de (fw.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de [192.168.1.1]) by gate.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74390C074; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:22:15 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Interactive technical computing From: Gerd Stolpmann To: skaller Cc: Jim Miller , caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1173324431.12230.94.camel@rosella.wigram> References: <200703080113.22721.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <1173322347.12230.61.camel@rosella.wigram> <1173323451.12230.77.camel@rosella.wigram> <1173324431.12230.94.camel@rosella.wigram> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:22:14 +0100 Message-Id: <1173356534.8655.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:a6865a839c0178d9aa0ce41878507ea2 X-Provags-ID2: V01U2FsdGVkX1//3YRn+QL07b/oO6NBVBppoc2HWKwuLrbhyhV Igvrwl1T1H/F8WtpvP4Kmmx2o03HQbY6069wB9Bjs3KhB9KaL0 wsYHtQmBNJsxmOnxn/t/j2kyZvkwFVD X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45F00005.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; gerd:01 stolpmann:01 donnerstag:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 viktoriastr:01 64293:01 darmstadt:01 6151:01 6151:01 warming:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 open-source:03 sell:96 Am Donnerstag, den 08.03.2007, 14:27 +1100 schrieb skaller: > 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 .. :) Hehe, scientists and business... Here is a way that could work (because it already worked for me): - Make the product open-source (this is a door-opener!) - Make a good web site, with add-ons etc. - Announce yourself as the guy who increases the productivity of the highly-paid scientists, and offer your consultancy services I say that because it is not so easy to sell licenses for money (high costs to even be recognised as a product vendor). It is not so easy to get rich these days... Gerd -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gerd Stolpmann * Viktoriastr. 45 * 64293 Darmstadt * Germany gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de Phone: +49-6151-153855 Fax: +49-6151-997714 ------------------------------------------------------------