This VentureBeat interview with Viral has some more info about our position regarding open source:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/18/why-the-creators-of-the-julia-programming-language-just-launched-a-startup/ In particular, this paragraph: We feel really fortunate that Julia has become such a healthy open-source > project – at this point, it is clearly here for the long haul. Some people > have expressed concern that we might be tempted to undermine that by > handicapping the open version and selling a closed version with better > functionality. This would not only be bad for the project, but also > terrible for our business. No one has made a good business off this kind of > move: it ends up sabotaging the project, which in turn ultimately kills the > business. We’re in this for the duration — our goal is to create a vibrant > and fruitful collaborative ecosystem, that includes academic researchers, > developers who contribute for personal enjoyment, and companies using Julia > for business. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Avik Sengupta <[email protected]> wrote: > To quickly follow up on the training materials comment, > > David Sander's tutorial that he delivered at SciPi is available here: > https://github.com/dpsanders/scipy_2014_julia . David is also doing a > tutorial at JuliaCon I believe. > > I have used something similar for a couple of sessions, the material is > available here: https://github.com/aviks/learn-julia . Feel free to > reuse. > > Regards > - > Avik > > > On Monday, 11 May 2015 11:48:52 UTC+1, Viral Shah wrote: >> >> That’s fantastic to hear, and thanks for the good wishes. We are using >> much of the already public training material for the most part right now, >> but we expect to refine it with every engagement, and put out something new >> as soon as we have something substantially better. >> >> -viral >> >> >> >> > On 10-May-2015, at 4:42 pm, Ken B <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I was able to "sell" Julia recently for a small 2,5 month consultancy >> project at a research institute. The main difficulty in convincing the >> client was the uncertain long term support for the language, so I'm very >> happy to see this Julia Computing LLC up and running. >> > >> > I agree with Scott that a list of organisations using Julia would be >> very valuable for further promotion. Viral, would that be possible? >> > >> > Eric, I put the project online under an MIT license. The idea was that >> the more people use it, the more valuable it would become as it might >> receive issues and fixes for free. This is of course very much project >> dependent. >> > >> > Also, I've just started at a University where I plan to promote Julia, >> so I hope that Julia Computing LLC will share their training material. >> > >> > And finally, best of luck with the new company! >> > >> > Best regards, Ken >> > >> > On Sunday, 10 May 2015 02:33:58 UTC+2, Eric Forgy wrote: >> > I think this is great. Our startup has similar issues. We want to do >> innovative work, but that work needs funding, so we also do some >> consulting/training to pay the R&D bills. It can be a challenge to find the >> right balance though, so beware :) >> > >> > Given the position of Julia Computing, another potential source of >> revenue for you is helping companies (like mine) with recruiting. If you >> kept a database of Julia developers looking for employment opportunities, >> firms (like mine) would be willing to pay up to 3 months salary for >> "finding fees". Speaking of which, do you know anyone in Hong Kong? :) >> > >> > One question I have though is about how to balance open source versus >> proprietary development. There are currently Julia packages we're using >> that could use some professional development to clean up and make >> production worthy. If we pay developers to clean up an existing package, it >> feels weird to just give the work we paid for away. Any thoughts on how I >> should think about this? I probably just need some education and am open to >> suggestions. It would be interesting if Github issues could be given a $ >> value, i.e. "resolve this issue and receive $x in fees". This could be an >> effective way to prioritize :) >> > >> > On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 4:20:15 AM UTC+8, Viral Shah wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > You may have seen today’s Hacker News story about Julia Computing: >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9516298 >> > >> > As you all know, we are committed to Julia being high quality and open >> source. >> > >> > The existence of Julia Computing was discussed a year ago at JuliaCon >> 2014, though we recognize that not everyone is aware. We set up Julia >> Computing to assist those who asked for help building Julia applications >> and deploying Julia in production. We want Julia to be widely adopted by >> the open source community, for research in academia, and for production >> software in companies. Julia Computing provides support, consulting, and >> training for customers, in order to help them build and deploy Julia >> applications. >> > >> > We are committed to all the three organizations that focus on different >> users and use cases of Julia: >> > >> > 1. The open source Julia project is housed at the NumFocus Foundation. >> http://numfocus.org/projects/ >> > 2. Research on various aspects of Julia is anchored in Alan’s group at >> MIT. http://www-math.mit.edu/~edelman/research.php >> > 3. Julia Computing works with customers who are building Julia >> applications. http://www.juliacomputing.com/ >> > >> > Our customers make Julia Computing self-funded. We are grateful that >> they have created full time opportunities for us to follow our passions. >> Open source development will never cease. >> > >> > You may have questions. Please shoot them here. We will respond back >> with a detailed blog post. >> > >> > -viral >> > >> >>
