News Release: Mathematica® Will Remain Macintosh-Compatible
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- Subject: [mg9686] News Release: Mathematica® Will Remain Macintosh-Compatible
- From: Lars Hohmuth <larsh>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 01:31:22 -0500
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Mathematica=AE Will Remain Macintosh-Compatible Champaign, Illinois-November 17, 1997-In contrast to the recent announcements by the makers of technical software like SPSS and Matlab that they have halted or will soon discontinue further development on the Macintosh, Mathematica, the market leader, will remain available on the Apple platform. Macintosh users currently utilizing programs like Matlab for science and engineering have a choice. They can stick to the final releases of these programs long into the future, or they can switch platforms-or they can move to Mathematica, the world's leading technical computing software, and continue to reap the benefits of new technologies as they are developed. Mathematica, a product of Wolfram Research, is used by over a million engineers, scientists, researchers, and students. From the day of its release in 1988, it has been fully supported on the Macintosh platform, and the developers at Wolfram Research are firmly committed to continuing that support in the future. The Wolfram development team includes many ardent Macintosh supporters. "The Mathematica user interface is first designed and refined on the Mac, and then ported to all the other Mathematica platforms," said Theodore W. Gray, who for ten years has been the principal architect of Mathematica's notebook front end. Many of the world's leading scientists and engineers are enthusiastic Mathematica users. Mathematica has been chosen by 94 of the top 100 engineering firms as listed in Design News, by all ten of US News and World Report's 10 Best Engineering Schools, and by at least one former astronaut on the space station Mir. Mathematica offers unmatched symbolic and numeric capabilities, sophisticated statistical analysis, an extraordinary array of special functions, and an elegant user interface. Future plans for Mathematica on the Macintosh include the use of "packed array" technology, which will speed up mathematical operations on large collections of numerical data by as much as a factor of ten. "The Macintosh has always represented a significant and enthusiastic proportion of Mathematica's user base, " said John Bonadies, Director of Marketing and Creative Services. "Mathematica's design philosophy shares many of the core concepts that guide Apple Computer in delivering useful, powerful products. We also share the same ideals as our customers: they're innovative, creative people who can find the best solution in new and unconventional ways. We look forward to working with Apple to keep providing Apple customers with the best in technical computing power." Wolfram Research is the world's leading developer of technical computing software. The company was founded by Stephen Wolfram in 1987 and released the first version of its flagship product, Mathematica, on June 23, 1988. Mathematica, the world's only fully integrated technical computing system, is relied on today by more than a million users worldwide in industry, government, and education. Mathematica Version 3 was released in the fall of 1996. Wolfram Research, Inc. is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. # # #