Re: Another point about Mathematica 8.0
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- Subject: [mg116517] Re: Another point about Mathematica 8.0
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:33:58 -0500 (EST)
I was right ;-) This time something I can agree with. There is just one thing I think should be added: > Most business proprietors are in business to make money. Wolfram, > one can assume, is also interested in making money. If you really > think that Wolfram can make more money for himself by changing his > business model, then he presumably would listen. I rather doubt he would and don't see any reason why he should. I am assuming that WRI's business is doing well and that Wolfram is satisfied with the present model. (Certainly, even if only half the things alleged by AES are true he *should be* satisfied.) But in that case why should he listen to the advice of someone with no record of (comparable) success in running a business? Say, if you are a successful professional tennis player, do you listen to a mere spectator who advises you to change your style just because *he* believes you will do even better if you do? Andrzej Kozlowski