I'm always happy to see positive news about Sage, but there's a couple things in the article that bug me:
> A core idea of open source is finding alternative ways to make > programs similar to ones that are copyrighed. Sage and its components *are* copyrighted! (Also, the writer seems to be conflating finding alternative ways to make software, and software that is an alternative to a closed-source program.) > Unlike Firefox, this program can’t be found on the UW library > computers. > > "It’s not on those machines, and we don’t plan to [put it on]." Yes, but you can use Firefox on those library computers to access any Sage server. > Work on SAGE began at an American Math and Science meeting about three > years ago American Math and Science meeting? Well, it's positive news, anyhow. I suppose at this stage, in terms of publicity, we need quantity more than quality. Dan -- --- Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> ----- KAIST Department of Mathematical Sciences ------- http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~drake
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