Re: Another point about Mathematica 8.0
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- Subject: [mg116459] Re: Another point about Mathematica 8.0
- From: AES <siegman at stanford.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:34:46 -0500 (EST)
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In article <ijdo8h$f6v$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> Re licensing: have you ever signed a rental agreement for a tool at a
> rental store? (True, it doesn't tell you what you can do with it; but
> you're giving away lots of rights when you sign it in case there's
> damage to it or damage/injury caused by it...)
Can't deny that -- but of course that's renting, not buying.
> Re proprietary product: The trick is to get all the really, really,
> really bright people with diverse mathematical, graphical, computer,
> design, and documentation skills: they tend to want to get paid so they
> can live.
>
> But if you're committed to such a project, perhaps you should contribute
> your time to the existing project.
Unfortunately, I don't have anything like the skills needed
to do this. In software I'm a tool-user, not a tool-builder.
(I do build some decent tools in other areas . . . )