Thoughts on a Wolfram|Alpha package for
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- Subject: [mg101856] Thoughts on a Wolfram|Alpha package for
- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:59:06 -0400 (EDT)
In a day a while ago I put together the Wolfram|Alpha lookup tool for Mathematica which quite a few folks have downloaded and are using: http://www.scientificarts.com/mathematicatools/blog/BE3451431867/BE3451431867.html There is certainly much more that I could build to make use of Wolfram| Alpha in Mathematica and to interface with it from Mathematica. But the problem or me is the cost of my time.... Alas, it's a rare resource. I suspect that spending the time to build such a package wouldn't pay for itself either at a fixed inexpensive) cost (say$20 per license) or as "donation ware" at that rate. What are peoples thoughts as to 1) what you'd like to see in it 2) would you buy it My general model for building something like this would be to create an initial base functionality and then to add to it (at no incremental cost to paid users for new versions just as I do with http://scientificarts.com/worklife) Sadly 3rd party application for Mathematica sell very poorly--rarely even beginning to recoup the cost to develop them. But I could do this if there were a couple of hundred users willing to purchase it. So, just thinking out loud... Your opinions.... is it worth it? I suspect not... --David http://scientificarts.com/worklife)
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