mhampton wrote: > I thought that Mark McClure's post on another thread raised some > interesting issues, and that it was worth responding to, but it was so > tangential that it deserves a seperate thread: > > """ > But William, just two days ago on sage-support you wrote: > "Let's put Mathworks out of business."
I can't find the link, as the URL you gave points to an error message. Only William can tell you his beliefs, but I do not think William would actually want to put Mathworks out of business. I know I personally would not. It was probably more as a joke. I've had a number of discussions with Wolfram Research employees, and most are nice people. They have mortgages to pay, children to feed etc. I have a huge respect for Daniel Lichtblau of Wolfram Research, as he clearly knows his subject, but does not come out with a load of hype. The sales patter from some other WRI employees can get a bit much though. It would be a very sad day if Wolfram Research went out of business. I've commented before, that I doubt CPUs would be as good as they are today if there was not competition between Intel and AMD. Competition is a good thing. It motivates people to innovate. I find it hard to believe Sage will not have a negative impact on the sales of Mathematica, but I certainly hope Sage does not put Wolfram Research out of business. I very much doubt it will either. Dave -- 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
