From owner-freebsd-emulation Thu Apr 30 16:09:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08493 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:09:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08486 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:09:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01191; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 15:04:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804302204.PAA01191@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Bootsrapa Limanond cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Tom Bartol , Suttipan Limanond , freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: matlab for linux and freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:33:45 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 15:04:09 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > On the other note, I just received matlab's pricing this morning. The > MATLAB and SIMULINK's pricing seems like something I can swallow (~$500 > each for > educational license). But, boy ..., a toolbox is priced at $199 each ... > (At first, > I didn't believe my eyes and had to write back to them to confirm). How > is it possible that a toolbox which is nothing but a collection > of M-files cost more than a C compiler? Companies in that marketplace (Mathworks, RSI, etc.) seem to feel that because they have no competition, they can charge what they like. > Did someone mention Scilab and another package? Is there a URL that I can > get some info on these software? Octave is in the ports collection. I only looked at it briefly once, but it seems reasonably complete. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message