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 OAA20505; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:19:33 +0100 (MET) 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 OAA25164 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:19:32 +0100 (MET) Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.83]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2IDJUHd024950 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:19:31 +0100 Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id i2IDJRc5010216 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:19:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id i2IDEShD026553 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:14:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from nerd-xing.mit.edu (NERD-XING.MIT.EDU [18.7.16.74]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id i2IDCaTC012712 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:12:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jfc@localhost) by nerd-xing.mit.edu (8.12.9) id i2IDCaDI010697; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:12:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200403181312.i2IDCaDI010697@nerd-xing.mit.edu> To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar (was Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:22:12 +0100." <00cd01c40cdb$71c34410$4500a8c0@warp> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:12:36 -0500 From: John Carr X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml's:01 caml-list:01 run-time:01 jfc:01 barrier:01 model:01 model:01 gcc:01 compilers:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 unix:02 library:03 perl:03 cathedral:95 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 170 > Industry adoption of ocaml is in earlier stages, and is not enough > wide to push the language as fast as expected from the community. There is a significant barrier to entry that is mostly independent of the development model. Here's what my boss told me when I suggested using ocaml in a commercial product: 1. Nobody else knows the language. 2. It doesn't run on our platform. 3. It will break and we can't get support. An open or closed development model will not by itself change the perceptions that prevent me from using ocaml at work. The only way I could have overcome objections 2 and 3 would have been to show a way to get contract support, as is available for operating system components and commercial compilers. Perl was so popular that it became an OS component. gcc was so popular that companies were willing to invest the money to turn it into a commercial product. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners