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| ▲ | lancekey 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| OP never said he wanted an alternative, just expressed surprise an alternative/competitor didn’t exist. |
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| ▲ | auggierose 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I know. I just picked on it because on one hand it is great that Wolfram was able to execute on his vision and make it work as a viable product. It needs a lot of resources to make something as great as Mathematica. On the other hand, an essential tool like that, you want to own it for life and grow with it, and I don't think that is quite possible with a "product". |
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| ▲ | pjmlp 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You have to ask fsh that question. My point is that so much talk against it, and yet there isn't really worthwhile competition. |
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| ▲ | auggierose 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ok, I agree with you. I own a copy of Mathematica myself. This topic just very much interests me, because there is this dilemma with this kind of software (I am working on something like that myself): It is so much work, you need to charge for it; on the other hand, for widespread adoption it probably needs to be open-source. What do you do? |
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