On Feb 12, 6:12 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net>
wrote:
> mabshoff wrote:
<SNIP>
> Michael,
Hi David,
> Where does the Mathematica Home Edition license say you can't do
> research with it? I've herd this rumor, but nobody has managed to
> substantiate this by showing the license conditions.
You are correct, as you write below, that my intention to write was
about the restrictions of using it in non-academic settings. One can
do research with that version.
> I've not seen the license conditions - if they are available online, I
> can't find them. But the FAQ implies (and I believe this is the intent),
> that you *can* use it for personal research, but not as part of a
> commercial or academic job.
>
> From the FAQ athttp://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematicahomeedition/qa.html
>
> Q: Is Mathematica Home Edition for anyone using Mathematica at home?
>
> Yes. For years, people have been excited about using Mathematica to
> "play" or to pursue serious research outside of their commercial or
> academic jobs. Now Mathematica Home Edition provides an inexpensive
> version of Mathematica for those who want to use its powerful technology
> to explore their ideas. For those who want to integrate Mathematica into
> their teaching, research, or work, Mathematica Professional is always
> available.
>
> I'm the first to admit the wording is a bit confusing, but I think the
> intent is pretty clear.
>
> I don't think this is the first time some sort of 'personal' edition of
> MMA has been made available. The Mathematica Talk page on Wikipedia
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mathematica
>
> has some comments from Jon McLoone, a WRI employee - or at least he was
> when he wrote this. In it Jon says "In fact there are (depending on the
> region) Standard, Government, charity, educational, pre-college, school,
> student and retiree pricing levels, but I think that that is too much
> informaton."
>
> I must say, I agree limiting it to only 32-bits is a bit silly. In this
> day and age, with most computers having 64-bit processors, and
> Mathematica quite hungry for RAM, WRI have put a silly limitation on the
> home edition.
Well, Magma's student version is much worst: Last time I checked it
limited that version to allocating a maximum of 100 MB.
> I suspect Sage is having some impact on the sales of Mathematica. I
> would also guess that a low-priced Mathematica might attract some to
> that, rather than free alternatives. But competition is generally a good
> thing, as it forces both to innovate.
Yep, competition is certainly driving development.
Since you are a Sun fan you might want to check out
http://blogs.sun.com/jaggerisgod/entry/serug_sage_math_open_source
It is William's talk about Sage via Sun's education network.
Cheers,
Michael
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