On Nov 23, 3:30 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is true. In fact, I hope in the proposal to not insult or snub > non-free commercial software either.
But William, just two days ago on sage-support you wrote: "Let's put Mathworks out of business." http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/browse_thread/thread/b56450bab6d43bf7/a82a770db1abd6dc#msg_d72f94b7ff856c29 So I wonder, what is your true feeling on this matter? To be clear, I am not attempting to be inflammatory. I have been genuinely interested in Sage for a couple years and have used it for real mathematics sporadically. I could even imagine jumping into Sage development but I have been *very* put off by the outright hostile stance frequently expressed towards the commercial systems on the sage discussion groups. As I mentioned in my response on sage-support, The Mathworks has played a central role in the development of numerical software (both commercial and free) for many years. Thus, I really feel that your desire to "put Mathworks out of business" is misdirected, particularly in the context of your current grant proposal. Mark McClure -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
