Re: Thoughts on a Wolfram|Alpha package for
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- Subject: [mg101972] Re: Thoughts on a Wolfram|Alpha package for
- From: AES <siegman at stanford.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:15:49 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Stanford University
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In article <h49514$q20$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net> wrote: > There is a problem with charging anything for software. People just think > they can dash off whatever software routines they need and it cost them > nothing. Or that they should be able to get it for free. Some people think > it is actually unethical to charge for software. I think this is very > misguided. (I did check prices on the Wolfram web site a few years ago and > the packages ranged in price from a few hundred dollars to many thousands of > dollars. Maybe with those prices one would balk. These prices might Just for one data point * I will (and do, fairly frequently) pay in the low tens of $$ for useful one-task utilities. * I will (and do) pay in the low hundreds of $$ for solid, well-done, well-document, useful apps (e.g., Acrobat, Illustrator). * If I were starting ab initio, I'd probably pay $500 for a full-bore version of Mathematica, with at least two full years of upgrades included; $250 to $300 for a "student" or "home" version. These are, in most cases, personal or personal-business funds. And, anything over $500 (loaded price) comes on a CD, with a printed manual, and with all upgrades for three full years, or forget it.
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- Re: Thoughts on a Wolfram|Alpha package for
- From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
- Re: Thoughts on a Wolfram|Alpha package for