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From: grusin@tramp.Colorado.EDU (GRUSIN MICHAEL)
Subject: Mathematica for Amiga?
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 03:34:04 GMT
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It's springtime, and the computer mfr's are holding their "fairs" here
at C.U. engineering (ie, put up a banner, set up a few machines, stand
a suit by them who doesn't know much about the machines, etc.)...

Apple and NeXT do this the most often; (Although there was a small 
contingent of Amigas a few months back), and the machines they sell
come bundled with some impressive software, among them: Mathematica.

Now I'm as pro-Amiga as the next guy.  And I don't believe there's
anything technical stopping Mathematica from being ported to the Amiga
(on the contrary, I would guess that it would gain considerably from
the platform).  But the fact is that people are buying these systems
because of things like Mathematica; If I had serious $$$, I'd consider
it myself.

My question is: IS MATHEMATICA AVAILABLE FOR THE AMIGA?  (preferably
in a form runable on a "native" Amiga, not X-windows or unix...), if
not, WILL IT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE AMIGA?  Does anyone know of any
efforts being made in that direction?  Mathematica looks like a great
thing; I know people that swear by it, and I'd like to use it...
("Doug's Math Aquarium" doesn't cut it).

(Political comment: Commodore should support the porting of serious
software (like Apple and NeXT do), or it WILL get left far behind...)

Mike. (aka grusin@tramp.colorado.edu)