Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:21:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: Bootsrapa Limanond <b0l6604@unix.tamu.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Suttipan Limanond <limanond@enws626.eas.asu.edu>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: matlab for linux and freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980430161318.18486L-100000@cole.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980430172220.27890A-100000@scully.tamu.edu>
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On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Bootsrapa Limanond wrote: > > This sounds great. If you need any help on that, please let me know ... > > 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? And Hey, don't forget that's the just the price for the first year!!! You have to pay a renewal fee EVERY year... If you don't then when the license expires the software dies until you renew (this is what I was referring to when I mentioned "tyrannical licensing requirements"). Matlab -- the software you lease with an option to... lease again, of course, what else! > > Did someone mention Scilab and another package? Is there a URL that I can > get some info on these software? > Both SciLab and Octave are in the ports collection. They're both quite nice! If you can possibly do without Matlab then, please, do yourself a favor! > Thank you very much, > > Suttipan Limanond. > Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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