The tie-breaker is financial. Jupyter is winning because it's free
This is it really
Back in the 90s I was using a program called MathCAD, it provided a “notebook” interface by running as a plugin to Word 6. In terms of general usability and experience, 20-years-ago blows away modern-day Jupyter and it’s silly “cells” interface, which it does not because it’s better but because it’s trying to force itself into a web browser. I haven’t used MathCAD since but I bet in 2018 it’s amazing.
I think few people who have used the commercial tools think Jupyter is better. But the commercial tools are soooooooo expensive...
This is it really
Back in the 90s I was using a program called MathCAD, it provided a “notebook” interface by running as a plugin to Word 6. In terms of general usability and experience, 20-years-ago blows away modern-day Jupyter and it’s silly “cells” interface, which it does not because it’s better but because it’s trying to force itself into a web browser. I haven’t used MathCAD since but I bet in 2018 it’s amazing.
I think few people who have used the commercial tools think Jupyter is better. But the commercial tools are soooooooo expensive...