On 09/ 9/10 10:47 AM, Jan Groenewald wrote:
* the price of the software
http://www.wolfram.com/events/southafrica2010/
$139.95 even for students. I'm not sure I can convey
how astronomical that amount to almost all African
students. Worse, when they want to start a small
business after completing their studies, the price
jumps more than tenfold.
Whilst I agree with much of what you say, there's a couple of inaccuracies there
* I highly suspect African students can obtain Mathematica at far less cost
than US students. You would need to ask Wolfram Research, but I believe like
many companies, they do sell their products to poorer countries at considerably
lower cost.
* If you have a student copy, then for a set period (a year or two) after
graduation, you can convert it to a professional copy for a much more modest fee.
I don't have time to hunt down all the URLs, but I think you should double-check
some facts there.
Dave
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