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Article #30817Re: Mathematica - I like it ( a lot), but beware of the hype
From: Scott R. Anderson
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1988 06:00
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1988 06:00
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In article <601@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu> jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeff Kantor) writes:
>But I wonder if
>people other than technical professionals will be willing to pay the stiff
>price, or tolerate the arrogance of Wolfram Research sales policies.
Well, this is one technical professional who won't pay the stiff price, at
least not out of his own pocketbook. I also don't appreciate their sales
policies ($300 for 68881 support? Come on!) I'll just continue to use
Macsyma on the local mainframe instead.
* Scott Robert Anderson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!gatech!emory!phssra From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mathematica - I like it ( a lot), but beware of the hype Keywords: Mathematica, symbolic mathematics Message-ID: <3111@emory.uucp> Date: 2 Aug 88 06:00:48 GMT References: <601@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu> Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson) Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta Lines: 14