So would I. Christoph
On Wednesday, 17 December 2014 04:53:34 UTC, ivo welch wrote: > > I would have a "buy 3 year membership" paypal button for $50 on the > julia front page. this way, you also will have some running list of > people particularly interested in the language. if this exists, I > will join. > > ---- > Ivo Welch (ivo....@gmail.com <javascript:>) > http://www.ivo-welch.info/ > J. Fred Weston Distinguished Professor of Finance > Anderson School at UCLA, C519 > Director, UCLA Anderson Fink Center for Finance and Investments > Free Finance Textbook, http://book.ivo-welch.info/ > Exec Editor, Critical Finance Review, > http://www.critical-finance-review.org/ > Editor and Publisher, FAMe, http://www.fame-jagazine.com/ > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Viral Shah <vi...@mayin.org > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Julia is part of the NumFocus foundation. We don't have a concept of > > membership, but it can accept grants and donations. We haven't done > anything > > along these lines yet, and are certainly open to ideas. > > > > -viral > > > > On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 5:20:12 AM UTC+5:30, ivo welch wrote: > >> > >> > >> my note was partly a joke, partly a warning. the R community started > out > >> very nice, too. many still are. but some of the tone has shifted > towards > >> the obnoxious. the weirdest part is that there are some people who > seem to > >> enjoy *really* helping users, all the while being somewhat insulting. > it is > >> my (incomplete) understanding that internal strife in the core > development > >> team has become negative, too. it will be up to the julia core team to > set > >> the community standard and watch themselves and the community to keep > it > >> alive. > >> > >> this reminds me: for those of us who cannot contribute, is there a > julia > >> foundation membership? it would not be a bad idea to have us using > users > >> get used to contributing, too. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
