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Re: Range of Use of Mathematica
In article <g1e351$eqq$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> My impression is that in (much) earlier Mathematica versions, WRI went
> out of its way to encourage and foster such 3rd party books (some of
> which were, in fact, written by or co-authored by insiders). Either
> this is not being done or, if it is, there's a considerable lag in such
> efforts seeing the light of day.
>
> I remain convinced that some of the early success of Mathematica was the
> existence of such books, beyond the intrinsic value of the software
> itself. And I continue to hope that the seemingly print-averse,
> pro-electronic enthusiasts within WRI do not totally dominate the
> direction this takes.
Murray and I are of course singing from exactly the same songbook in
expressing views like these. I'll go further: WRIs failure to have
done this with the ("revolutionary") transition to 6 is not just
inexplicable but absolutely insane. Combined with Mathematica's
pricing, I predict that it will do substantial damage to Mathematica's
competitive status and market success.
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