From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA15674; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:31 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA09922 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:30 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f9MIlS924899; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:28 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA15556; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:27 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:27 +0200 From: Xavier Leroy To: Brian Rogoff Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Whither the Caml Consortium? Message-ID: <20011022204727.B15470@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20011020012347.A29847@quincy.inria.fr> <20011019192854.N9735-100000@shell5.ba.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20011019192854.N9735-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>; from bpr@best.com on Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 07:50:44PM -0700 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > > Well, it is not that the Consortium is willing to keep its plans > > secret, but more that it is starting slowly. We have 3 members so far, > > and we'd like to have a few more before the end of this year. > > That number is embarassingly small. It is certainly lower than we initially expected, but not all is lost. From our preliminary meetings, there are other companies (small and big) that are interested, but not ready to sign in yet. Remember that the economic situation in the IT industry isn't so good right now: many start-ups are literally strapped for cash, and large companies tend to just "wait and see if it gets better"... > Thanks for getting the ball rolling Michel, and hopefully some more > lurkers will change their status soon. We sure hope so! - Xavier Leroy ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr