Novamente as a whole is definitely a research project, albeit one with a very well fleshed out research plan. I have a strong hypothesis about how the project will come out, and arguments in favor of this hypothesis; but I don't have the level of confidence I'd have in, say, the stability of a bridge built according to known principles of mechanical engineering; or the functionality of a word-processing program built according to good specs.
On the other hand our virtual animals product development is mostly (difficult) software development, with a few bits of (strictly delimited) research contained therein.... The outcome there is way more determinate. ben On Nov 18, 2007 1:15 PM, Joshua Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What you are advocating is to fund Development but not Research. > Ben, > > I favor funding for both R and D. > > Would you put the Novamente project in the R or the D phase? If a > prototype is a good way to distinguish the two, is there a prototype > for Novamente? And if it is still in the research phase, is it > reasonable to give time estimates for a project which is still in that > phase? > > Joshua > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=66343974-5ff050
