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From: pharr-matthew@cs.yale.edu (Matthew Pharr)
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Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
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Date: 5 Apr 91 20:16:09 GMT
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In article <14026@helios.TAMU.EDU> dlb5404@tamuts.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:
>
>From recent news seen elsewhere, contract problems between NeXT and
>Wolfram Research (makers of Mathematica) have caused NeXT to pull
>Mathematica from the student deal.  One of its most attractive
>offerings is now gone.
>
>The compilers and development kit are *NOT* (I repeat, *NOT*) in the
>super cheap base prices quoted above.  They only come on the 300 MB
>hard disk-equipped models.  Add about $1000 to $1500 for that.  (I don't
>have my price sheet handy.)
>
>I *am* impressed by the NeXT, but the base ed prices are a bit deceptive.
>If you want the development kit and the more arcane software, you have
>to pay a considerable amount more.
>
>--Daryl Biberdorf,  dlb5404@{tamuts,rigel}.tamu.edu
>  Texas A&M University

1) Mathematica is still bundled with educational machines.

2) Everyone is licensed to use the extended software-they just don't put it
all on all of the computers. People who want to develop on the 105 system
either need to squeeze it all on or to get a third party hard disk.

pharr@cs.yale.edu