Re: [Axiom-developer] CVS, Arch, Darcs / bounties

[root]

Martin,

re: bounties. i have no objection to someone setting up a bounty or
paypal system on the savannah site. however, i'm unlikely to have
anything to do with it except maybe to contribute some cash. money
has a way of making the rational into the emotional and experience
tells me to avoid it. so my response to the whole bounty issue is
"anyone but me".

i did discuss support of axiom with the NSF thru grants and the 
response is "if there is a commercial product in the area then there
won't be any grant money". so as long as maple and mathematica exist
the NSF won't give grants for axiom research and development.

i spoke to NIST about doing the CATS (Computer Algebra Test Suite)
but got a lukewarm reception. i ought to construct a grant proposal
for the work i've done and plan to do but haven't taken the time yet.

i wrote up a request to the Sloan Foundation for support this summer
but never got a reply. i'm not even sure they got the request.

the only source of funding i'm aware of is that there is a "Jenks Award"
of about $1000/year that is given out every year at ISSAC. Dick Jenks
(the father of Axiom) left it as part of his will. i don't know what
project won the award this year as i wasn't at ISSAC. I nominated Camm
for his contributions to axiom, maxima, and ACL2.

i'm supported by CAISS at City College of New York since, although they
do not make any claims on Axiom, Gilbert Baumslag, my boss encourages
me to work on it. We have a new open source lab that has just opened
this semester and next semester we're likely to get students, some of
whom i'm hoping to lead into development of axiom.

re: the current state and list of proposed work see:
http://axiom.axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/currentstate.html
which is reasonably up to date. 

t