[PRL] Interesting article in LtU

[Johan Ovlinger]

Mitchell Wand wrote:
> 
>      Misc Links
>      <http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/view/1154>
> 
> A couple of small items that caught my attention.
> 
>    * Fritz Kunze (President of Franz Inc.) reveals the secrets to
>      successful programming language business
>      <http://www.livejournal.com/users/hisashim/232542.html>.

It's funny that he mentions oracle.  Franz apparently apply the oracle 
tactic of "well, how much money d'ya have?" when providing pricing 
information.  In addition, they want to charge by the number of 
running instances, not developer seats.  Both of these are huge 
stumbling blocks to companies developing software services (as opposed 
to shrink-wrapped programs) in lisp.

I understand that many who would love to use Franz' superior compiler 
and debugger instead end up using CMUCL or SBCL because at least then 
they can predict how much it will cost (basically one full-time 
in-house CMUCL expert).

>    * An interview
>      
> <http://www.davidnewberger.com/wp/2005/11/28/if-you-havent-reddit-you-are-missing-out/> 
> 
>      about reddit <http://reddit.com/> which includes the ultimate
>      question: *Why Lisp?*
>    * Tim Bray on abstracting the Web
>      <http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/12/02/On-Beyond-Java-Web>
>      using continuations (well, sort of).
> 
> =========================
> 
> Anybody want to see if they can use reddit's Lispiness either for good 
> or for evil?
> 
> --Mitch
> 
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