I also read this article this
morning:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/julia-founders-commercialise-language-create-new-startup/articleshow/47211869.cms
I had been a bit concerned, that after Wednesday, Jeff might have to go
find a job out in the "real" world, and would not be able to continue doing
the
great job he has been doing with making such a fine tool for me! (I had
hoped that he'd already would have a job lined up at MIT... I also know that
many MIT professors also start companies, do consulting, etc. on the side
(Michael Stonebraker seems to found a new company each month!)...
Will Jeff be doing that, working in academia (at MIT or elsewhere), and at
JC on the side, or working full time for Julia Computing ("real" world, in
a sense, yes, but great for all of us)? Inquiring minds want to know!
About NumFocus, I see that it is set up as a charity, with Stefan on the
board of directors, which is good to see.
About your current customers, are any of them willing to come out of the
closet with their love of Julia? ;-)
I'd love to hear from anybody also trying to use Julia for production
software (as I'm sure they have a lot of the same issues).
Maybe there needs to be a small julia-commercial group here!.
As a consultant myself, I am particularly intrigued by the idea of earning
a living using Julia full-time (I am almost doing that already, for a very
innovative little startup).
I'd love to hear more details...
-Scott
