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- From: mek@guinan.psu.edu (Mark E. Kotanchek)
- Subject: Re: MATLAB (the missing piece)
- Message-ID: <8jj1H3ihoa@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Sender: news@atlantis.psu.edu (Usenet)
- Organization: Penn State Center for Academic Computing
- References: <1992Nov5.002052.6739@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 16:48:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.002052.6739@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford) writes:
- > > 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.
-
- NeXT has lost a hell of a lot more than 200 sales because they have
- inadequate numerical tools. I got my NeXTstation a year-and-a-half ago and
- although everybody goes, "Wow, neat", at least 5 Suns in my department of
- 30 people alone! The primary reason for not going with NeXT was the
- absence of MATLAB--which is sort of a "corporate standard" here at ARL/PSU
- (although, I actually prefer MATRIXx).
-
- aargh,
-
- Mark.
- --
- Mark Kotanchek
- Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB
- Applied Research Lab/Penn State
- P.O. Box 30
- State College, PA 16804
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