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Re: Mathematica Player Pro!

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• Subject: [mg87709] Re: Mathematica Player Pro!
• From: AES <siegman at stanford.edu>
• Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:22 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Stanford University
• References: <ftv8sd$7os$1@smc.vnet.net> <fu1tnb$o98$1@smc.vnet.net>

In article <fu1tnb$o98$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Though the "arXiv Palette and Style Sheet for Mathematica Users" is 
> still advertised on WRI's website [1], arXiv documentation clearly 
> states that they will not accept Mathematica notebook as mean of 
> publishing [2]:
> 
> "Mathematica Notebook Submissions
> 
> Support for Mathematica has been discontinued (January 2004). If you use 
> Mathematica please submit PDF instead. If you wish to archive 
> Mathematica source files with your submission you may include them in a 
> sub-directory so that they are not picked up by our processing system."

It would be interesting to know the reasons for this decision.

(This is not intended as a snide remark or jab at Mathematica.  
Presumably arXiv had what they thought were reasonable and
significant reasons for this policy, and it would be educational
to know what they were.)

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