Search for 'open source mathematica'. Sage is the first hit and there is an accompanying add for Mathematica Home Edition. It's a perfectly reasonable strategy on MMAs part and is really a compliment to Sage. Wolfram is paying for a runner-up spot to keep up.
Way to go :) Dorian On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Justin C. Walker <jus...@mac.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 21:10 , William Stein wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM, dmharvey <dmhar...@cims.nyu.edu> > > wrote: > >> > >> When I google for "sage math", I get mathematica ads on the right. Is > >> that something they would have done on purpose? > >> > > > > I think it is *highly* likely they did, since it is the *only* ad, it > > is for the cheapest version of Mathematica, and that ad doesn't come > > up for searches for "math". > > > > For posterity I've attached a screenshot. > > > > People might want to try searching, clicking on the add and seeing > > what happens -- maybe you'll cost Mathematica 9c and make Google some > > money that can be used to support further work on Sage :-) > > FWIW, I tried the search on Yahoo. There was only one add there as > well: for the Sage tutorial, by William Stein. :-} > > I also earned Google $0.09 From Wolfram, or whatever those expensive > clicks are going for these days. > > Justin > > -- > Justin C. Walker > Curmudgeon at Large > Director > Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income > -- > Build a man a fire and he'll be warm > for a night. > Set a man on fire and he'll be warm > for the rest of his life. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
