Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes... I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts...
I don't get it... Wolfram is a money-hungry egomaniac. For example, unlike the other big Ma competitors (Maple, Matlab, Magma) not a single source line of Mathematica code is exposed. He's litigious, he labels everthing "mine", he endlessly praises himself. He wrote this insulting "don't worry your pretty little head with our source code, it's too complicated for you" piece:
http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/WhyYouDoNo...
So... gratis Mathematica on Raspbian... what's the catch? Is it to lure us to the cloud?
http://www.wolframcloud.com/
Edit: To clarify, my guess here is that they want to give people a taste of Mathematica on weak hardware in order to lure them to a subscription model on "the cloud" where much more processing power will be available, just like widespread university site-wide licenses and turning a blind eye to student piracy are great marketing strategies.
Is there any evidence to support my wild theories?
I don't get it... Wolfram is a money-hungry egomaniac. For example, unlike the other big Ma competitors (Maple, Matlab, Magma) not a single source line of Mathematica code is exposed. He's litigious, he labels everthing "mine", he endlessly praises himself. He wrote this insulting "don't worry your pretty little head with our source code, it's too complicated for you" piece:
http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/WhyYouDoNo...
So... gratis Mathematica on Raspbian... what's the catch? Is it to lure us to the cloud?
http://www.wolframcloud.com/
Edit: To clarify, my guess here is that they want to give people a taste of Mathematica on weak hardware in order to lure them to a subscription model on "the cloud" where much more processing power will be available, just like widespread university site-wide licenses and turning a blind eye to student piracy are great marketing strategies.
Is there any evidence to support my wild theories?