Re: Another point about Mathematica 8.0
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- Subject: [mg116527] Re: Another point about Mathematica 8.0
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:35:45 -0500 (EST)
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I believe that was his really long 10th anniversary speech, and I recall that he did say that it was the only time the company lost significant money after the initial startup. Kevin On 2/17/2011 5:21 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > I vaguely recall the following, paraphrased, statement by Stephen > Wolfram at one of the conferences his company organized. At one point, > he brought in business people to run the business aspect of the company, > and it was a big mistake. (He may even have said that was the only time > the company didn't make a profit; that's the part I don't recall at all > precisely.) > > On 2/16/2011 4:34 AM, AES wrote: >> >> 3) I don't think Wolfram is much interested in what my business model >> for Mathematica would be (and that might be good judgement on their >> part!). But if they asked, I'd say that I'd like a tiered or modular >> (or whatever you want to call it) approach where increasing more capable >> versions of Mathematica were available at increasing price points -- >> just like most every other product in the marketplace. >