Re: v.7.0 issues
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- Subject: [mg93986] Re: v.7.0 issues
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:00:09 -0500 (EST)
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I totally agree with your recurrent theme. A free Mathematica Player Pro is the key to getting Mathematica widely used for all the reaons that you have listed. -- Stephen Luttrell West Malvern, UK "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net> wrote in message news:ggr267$e6m$1 at smc.vnet.net... >... > So the first larger problem that needs to be solved is the ability to > 'exchange with any other technical person'. This really means a free > Mathematica Player Pro. One that allows anyone to read, but not > necessarily > save or print (reading online is enough), notebooks produced by those who > have Mathematica. I know there are difficulties and risks here for WRI, > but > the risks have to be weighed against the gains. This is, after all, a > great > advertising medium for Mathematica. It is a method of one-way > communication > that may have a high conversion rate to two-way communication. (As an > interim step WRI might consider letting Premier subscribers recommend > recipients of free Player Pros. This would direct Player Pros to likely > purchasers and test the effectiveness of conversion to paid subscribers.) >... > A free > Mathematica Player Pro would do a lot to expand the paying base. And if > that > brings the cost down, hacking to some kind of inconvenient usage is not > terribly economical for the hacker. I do think new business models need to > be explored but it is terribly difficult to second guess people at WRI who > probably think about this all the time. >... > Cost is still a major problem but the only real > solution is to broaden the customer base. (And a free Player Pro is the > key > that will turn the lock.) > >... > > David Park > djmpark at comcast.net > http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark