Re: Future for Mathematica on Solaris
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- Subject: [mg100619] Re: Future for Mathematica on Solaris
- From: Peter Orion <peterlorion at googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:57:38 -0400 (EDT)
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On 21 May, 05:00, John Fultz <jfu... at wolfram.com> wrote: > On Thu, 14 May 2009 01:42:04 -0400 (EDT), Peter Orion wrote: > > I was interested in purchasing a copy of Mathematica forSolaris, but > > > have seen various things on the net suggesting theSolaris(and to a > > lesser extent linux) versions are more buggy than the Windows version. > > > Looking on the Wolfram web site where one can request a trial > > >http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/experience/request.cgi > > > I find one can't request a trail onSolarisfrom the web site. > > > So I contacted Wolfram Research directly by email and asked about a > > 14-day save-disabled trail. I received a reply in a couple of days, > > telling me no trial version of Mathematica exists forSolaris. > > > Given theSolarisversion is more expensive than the windows one, > > there are various reports of bugs onSolaris, and one can't even get a > > trail version, it does beg the question whether Wolfram Research are > > serious about the future of Mathematica onSolaris. > > > Peter > > I'm sure that somebody has already (or will very soon) contacted you, Pet= er. > But for anybody else who might have been following this, there's a bit mo= re to > say here. The person you spoke to correctly pointed out that there is = no trial > version forSolaris, but didn't realize there was another option which wou= ld > have accomplished your goal. If you're talking to a representative of = our salesteam, they can grant a temporary evaluation license. > > We're spreading the word internally to make sure that anybody who might b= e > fielding questions such as this will be aware of the option in the future=