Hello On 11-06-2009, Lucas Dixon <ldi...@inf.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > Richard Jones wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 03:04:21PM +0100, Lucas Dixon wrote: > >>> 3. Lastly, can you help me get a good picture of the state of support >>> for ML systems: >>> >>> OCaml: is this still supported by INRIA? what is the level of support? >> >> What level of support are you looking for? > > I was wondering who pays for the documentation to be kept up to date, > bug fixes, and implements new features.I saw that there is an OCaml > Consortium: http://caml.inria.fr/consortium/index.en.html > Is this INRIA or something else? Is this the source of funding that > supports OCaml? or is there INRIA backing also? Does anyone know how > many people are employed? I'm interested in how to support functional > programming environments. What level of financial support is needed? >
Caml Consortium is INRIA. If I remember correctly the overall funding of the consortium help INRIA to pay for a half time job. Most of the people working on OCaml are INRIA Cristal/Gallium team or former team member that do things when they are needed (TM). It includes bug fixes, new release and implementation of very specific features that need to have a language level support. My company, OCamlCore is member of the consortium. >> OCaml users will give you >> support through the ocaml-beginners mailing list which is active and >> most questions are answered within a few hours. If you want "call >> someone on the phone and drop everything" support then you'll have to >> pay (a lot). > > Are there organisations that offer OCaml support over the phone? Or > would that be consultancy rates for academics who specialise in OCaml? > The OCaml Consortium offers: 3000 Euros for a minimal support to Caml, > 10000 Euros or higher for more. But doesn't give much details - has > anyone ever purchased this? > My company (OCamlCore) provide services around OCaml. It can include "support over the phone" if some company need it. I think that "support" in Caml Consortium term, is something not user oriented (like "10 bugs corrected in a year" or "10 hour of hotline + 1 day of training"). This is mostly a place where company can provide financial "support" to the INRIA team developing the language and in exchange receive special licensing option for OCaml. Regards, Sylvain Le Gall _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
