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- From: toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl (Toon Moene)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
- Subject: Re: Mathematica 2.1 (What it is and what it costs)
- Message-ID: <349@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:16:40 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.165544.24114@Princeton.EDU>
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- In article <1992Aug26.165544.24114@Princeton.EDU>
- ycchiang@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Yao C. Chiang) writes:
- > Mathematica 2.1 upgrade alone costs $50. The Mathematica Plus
- > program costs $145 this year which includes the 2.1 upgrade plus two
- > further upgrades. You should receive info on this from Wolfram Research
- > - I just got mine yesterday. Hope this helps.
-
- I think those are the educational prices. For 'real' people:
-
- . Mathematica Plus program: $ 375 per annum.
- Gets you at least two upgrades every year (including 2.1 this year).
- . Upgrade to Mathematica 2.1 (from 2.0 I guess): $ 250.
-
- New features / bug fixes (as per the blurb):
-
- . Memory requirements for expressions reduced by 10 - 50 %
- . Many algorithm enhancements and speed improvements.
- . Sped up graphics - smoother contour lines (ContourPlot).
- . Matrix manipulation: JordanDecomposition & LUDecomposition.
- . 10 New packages & revised Guide, index added.
- . Mathlink documentation and API improved, made more consistent.
- . NeXT specific:
- - Remote kernel connection capabilities enhanced.
- - Stereo sound effect will work at a variety of sample rates.
- - Graphics Preferences provides control of the PostScript image
- operator in the output of DensityGraphics & Raster objects.
- - Animations with sound enhanced: graphics associated with sound
- are displayed for the duration of the sound.
-
- [ I left out PC / Windows / Mac and general Unix specific enhancements ]
-
- In short: Not for $ 250 - sorry, guys; I'll just program around the bugs
- and reboot after every MMA session to get my disk space back :-)
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