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From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mathematica - I like it ( a lot), but beware of the hype
Keywords: Mathematica, symbolic mathematics
Message-ID: <3111@emory.uucp>
Date: 2 Aug 88 06:00:48 GMT
References: <601@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu>
Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson)
Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
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In article <601@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu> jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeff Kantor) writes:
>But I wonder if
>people other than technical professionals will be willing to pay the stiff
>price, or tolerate the arrogance of Wolfram Research sales policies.

Well, this is one technical professional who won't pay the stiff price, at
least not out of his own pocketbook.  I also don't appreciate their sales
policies ($300 for 68881 support?  Come on!)  I'll just continue to use
Macsyma on the local mainframe instead.

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