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 QAA21568; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:48:39 +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 QAA21580 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:48:38 +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 f9OEmaj29987; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:48:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA21124; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:48:35 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:48:35 +0200 From: Xavier Leroy To: rose@acm.org Cc: Michel.Mauny@inria.fr, caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Whither the Caml Consortium? Message-ID: <20011024164835.C20823@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20011020012347.A29847@quincy.inria.fr> <20011019192854.N9735-100000@shell5.ba.best.com> <20011020172932.A5967@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> <20011022192533.A12039@quincy.inria.fr> <3BD45932.6D782E08@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3BD45932.6D782E08@earthlink.net>; from kenarose@earthlink.net on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:36:50AM -0700 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > What about a reasonably priced individual membership? Something in the > range of 50-100 dollars or euros might be reasonable. I'm certainly not > willing to personally cough up 2000 euros. This issue was discussed on this list a while ago. To summarize: The current setup of the Consortium is definitely geared towards corporate members, not individuals. Raising money to fund future developments is one goal of the Consortium, but an equally important goal is to answer the age-old question "what other corporations are using it?" that we get from prospective industrial users. The best answer to this question is: "well, here are some high-tech companies that no only use it, but support it financially by being members of the consortium". (An even better answer would be: "And by the way, your main competitor is already a member"; instant adhesion guaranteed :-) There are other reasons for not soliciting individual memberships. One is that OCaml users, as individuals, already do a great job of supporting the language, via code contributions, feedback, advocacy, volunteer's work (e.g. the collective translation of the OCaml book), etc. I'd feel a bit guilty asking them for money on top of that... The second reason is less idealistic: given the legal structure of the Consortium, registering a new member requires some paperwork on INRIA's side, whose effective cost is likely to be in the $50-100 range... - 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