Re: Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source

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From: Marcus Daniels
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 00:37

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>>>>> "you" == beau paisley <paisley@u.washington.edu> writes:
In article <3hp0dv$dsk@nntp1.u.washington.edu> paisley@u.washington.edu (beau paisley) writes:

you> This thread truly amazes me.  Some of the most sophisticated and
you> advanced software exists in the math software market.  (replacing
you> a symbolic package is a couple orders of magnitude above
you> replacing a grep replacement or yet another editor.)  

True, but two orders of magnitude is an exaggeration when compared to
the free math packages that exist (e.g. Punimax).  Provide a good
extension language, say Lisp, lose the heavy interface expectations, provide
source code, and let the user define their own interfaces, and the
support burden is reduced.

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From: marcus@icc.pdx.edu (Marcus Daniels)
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Subject: Re: Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source
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