Re: MATLAB (the missing piece)

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From: Sherwood Botsford
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 00:20

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> SOMEBODY explain to me why Waterloo was willing to port Maple to the  
NeXT  
> to compete with Mathematica and NOBODY is willing to port or develop  
a  
> numerical mathematics package for NeXTstep?? Could SOMEBODY also  
explain  
> to me why an outfit that has a guy like R.E. Crandall on staff can  
allow  
> this situation to persist?
> 

One rumour I heard was that Next lost a 200 machine sale to some  
university because Maple wasn't available.  Next reps banged on  
Waterloo's door, and made them an offer they couldn't refuse.

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