Re: funds to UW trust

[Keith Goodman]

I bet the (US) government (directly and indirectly) spends millions on
Matlab. A small government grant to Octave now could pay off
handsomely in the future.

Is Octave something that the NSF would support? (They probably already
do---at least indirectly.)

On a separate note, we could raise funds and awareness by creating
T-shirts, mugs, and caps at http://www.cafepress.com. Who wouldn't
want to attend a free Matlab seminar with an Octave cap on?


On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:29:14 -0400, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On  4-Oct-2004, Stefan van der Walt <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> | Is there a website showing the contributions made to the UW fund for
> | Octave development and how they are being spent?
> 
> No, I have not made a page that shows this information.  Here is a
> summary of the contributions since we started accepting them:
> 
>         total   number of
>   year   amt   contributors
>   ----  -----  ------------
>   1999  $ 451       7
>   2000     75       1
>   2001     50       1
>   2002   1030       5
>   2003   1904       7
>   2004   1546       4
>          ====
>          5056
> 
> Included in this sum is $1600 (2 contributions) from a professional
> society and more than $800 from the sale of Octave manuals ($1 per
> manual sold) by Network Theory Ltd.
> 
> The contributions go into a pool of unrestricted funds used by the
> research group that I work for and may be used to pay salaries,
> travel expenses, or make equipment purchases.
> 
> jwe
> 
>