From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id PAA23285 for caml-red; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:16:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA13755 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:28:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from caddr.com (adsl-63-193-146-236.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.193.146.236]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id e86MSH522915 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:28:18 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by caddr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8F821BA03D; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:31:18 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:31:18 +0000 From: miles To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: commercializing ocaml Message-ID: <20000906203118.A35936@bubo.inside> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i Sender: weis@pauillac.inria.fr I've been eagerly following the success of Bluetail and Erlang and wondering if something similar might be possible with OCaml. The model seems simple: assemble a small team of first-class programmers and take advantage of the productivty gains afforded by a good functional language to compete on quality, performance, and time to market. For example, I see potential opportunities in the emerging ASP/hosted application market, where most interfaces are simple network text or XML protocols and fpl's advantages in dealing with complex logic could be critical. Has anyone considered such a venture? Perhaps the folks at INRIA? (sorry, my French isn't up to the translation) -- miles at caddr dot com