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 WAA17615 for caml-red; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:50:28 +0100 (MET) 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 UAA21163 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 20:56:19 +0100 (MET) Received: from verdot.inria.fr (verdot.inria.fr [128.93.11.7]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f1AJuHD08054; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 20:56:17 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ddr@localhost) by verdot.inria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA20487; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 20:56:17 +0100 Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 20:56:17 +0100 From: Daniel de Rauglaudre To: Markus Mottl Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: R: Consortium Caml Message-ID: <20010210205617.G16265@verdot.inria.fr> References: <000201c090f4$0f5013a0$18ab6ed4@alex> <20010208014519.A13836@miss.wu-wien.ac.at> <20010209154550.7ba53a91.fleutotf@esiee.fr> <20010209172223.A28842@miss.wu-wien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0us In-Reply-To: <20010209172223.A28842@miss.wu-wien.ac.at>; from mottl@miss.wu-wien.ac.at on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 05:22:25PM +0100 Sender: weis@pauillac.inria.fr Hi, On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 05:22:25PM +0100, Markus Mottl wrote: > This is a legal question rather than an economic one. Still, I fear that > it will be difficult to gain many (= enough) members unless they see a > certain benefit from it without having too much risk. I don't agree with that. The idea of the Consortium is not for companies to get their money back: they pay for the warranty that OCaml continues. If you decide that OCaml has to be used in your company, you may take some advantages on paying. It is sponsoring, nothing else. > But with a consortium with membership fees there are naughty > game-theoretic aspects: if you don't donate and OCaml fails, you won't > care: you haven't lost anything. Yes you loose: you loose all the applications that you wrote in OCaml! Of course, if your idea is not to use OCaml, may I recommend you this: don't pay. The Consortium is for companies: for people who make strategic decisions like using the language. It is not for individuals: as an individual, of course, you don't care that OCaml stops. But if you are the boss of a big company and decide to use it, it can be terrible if it no more supported. If you are a company, the most you decide using OCaml, the most you have interest to finance the Consortium. -- Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/