Hello ROOT users; First of all I would like to congratulate both the developers and the users for making a rather impressive application framework. It is in many ways significantly better than anything I have seen to date for scientific applications. My applications involve large scale genetic data analysis. We have our own mini-application framework and OO library base already, but I would like to evaluate ROOT as a possible extension. My questions: 1) What is the distribution policy for ROOT? Some of our applications are commercially distributed (as per requirements of some of our grants). They are substantially discounted (up to 75%) for academic users and all but the source code is available to the users (all algorithms, etc.) 2) Do the ROOT developers accept "contributed" code. If we use it then I am sure enhancements, fixes and new functionality will be added in-house, but it is always nice when they can be officially supported so as to provide a more stable environment. Of course this is subject to case-by-case approval by the developers, but some projects are more responsive to this more than others. 3) Have there been any benchmarks relating non-application framework programs to ROOT ported ones? On the ROOT web site there are several tables, but none seem to provide an idea of the performance hit endured by programs that use ROOT. (Please do not tell me that ROOT makes special purpose software faster-- the only time this happens is when the original program is shoddily written). 4) I would be interested to know if there are other genetic analysis, statistical analysis, or molecular biology applications using ROOT. If your comments are of general interest please reply to the mailing list; if they are of a more specific nature please reply to me directly. Many thanks, Kevin Jacobs -- -----------> Kevin Jacobs <-----------|-------> (216) 778-8487 <-------- S.A.G.E. Project Technical Coordinator | Department of Epidemiology & System Administrator | & Biostatistics Internet E-mail: jacobs@darwin.cwru.edu | Case Western Reserve University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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