Hi,
Sorry to feed this somewhat off-topic thread, I'll refrain from doing
it after this message.
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 06:40:32PM -0400, Page, Bill wrote:
> For a baseline one can compare this to the overall increase in
> the number of debian users reporting by this system
>
> http://people.d
--- Mike Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My personal opinion is that there is nothing inherently difficult
> about Windows programming compared with Unix.
>
> For projects like Axiom, Maxima, GRASS, GCL, CMUCL etc in which the
> software has roots in the Unix/X11 world, it is the conversion
Hi all.
I would like to butt in here as I believe that there is an attitude barrier
which needs to be overcome - not an attack on Cliff's hard working and
enthusiastic attitude, but rather on a misapprehension shared by Unix
oriented programmers in general, I think.
Here is the misapprehension:
--- "Page, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This graph shows that the number of Debian users who reported
> installing Axiom via popularity-contest has increased by about
> 150% (from 40 to 60) over the last year
>
>
http://people.debian.org/~igloo/popcon-graphs/index.php?packages=axiom&show_
> Bill Page wrote:
>
>> look for the number of downloads of axiom-windows-0.1.4 at
>> line 19. Now look for downloads of the Linux versions :(
>> unfortunately none are listed in this "top 30" list ):
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 07:31:20PM +0200, Francois Maltey wrote:
>
>> I don't dowload axiom,
On Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:03 PM Renaud BECHADE wrote:
> If you want to make money with this project, I guess that providing
> consultancy services is much better anyway (custom devel, training,
> math consulting, etc).
Do you know anyone who is looking for an Axiom Consultant? :)
Regards,
Bi
Dear all,
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 07:31:20PM +0200, Francois Maltey wrote:
>
> > look for the number of downloads of axiom-windows-0.1.4 at
> > line 19. Now look for downloads of the Linux versions :(
> > unfortunately none are listed in this "top 30" list ):
>
> I don't dowload axiom, I choose
, May 26, 2005 2:31 AM
To: Bill Page; 'Kostas Oikonomou'; axiom-developer@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] opinion
I add my advice :
> look for the number of downloads of axiom-windows-0.1.4 at
> line 19. Now look for downloads of the Linux versions :(
> unfortunately
I add my advice :
> look for the number of downloads of axiom-windows-0.1.4 at
> line 19. Now look for downloads of the Linux versions :(
> unfortunately none are listed in this "top 30" list ):
I don't dowload axiom, I choose axiom because I can install it from my
favorite debian testing.
>> I
On May 25, 2005 11:52 AM Kostas Oikonomou wrote:
> ...
> Bill Page wrote:
>> on the Windows version since that is the version that needs
>> the most work and seems to be of interest to the most people
>> (based on the statistics from the MathAction website).
>
> I wasn't aware of these statistics.
On May 24, 2005 11:09 AM Kostas Oikonomou wrote:
> In reading this list, I am impressed by the amount of
> volunteer effort that is going into making a *free* system
> like Axiom work on a closed (and, in my opinion, closed-
> minded) system like Windows.
Does it really seem like a lot of effort
In reading this list, I am impressed by the amount of volunteer effort
that is going into making a *free* system like Axiom work on a closed
(and, in my opinion, closed-minded) system like Windows.
I know of two instances of commercial companies that make their
products essentially free on more-
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