uwnews.washington.edu — A University of Washington mathematician is on a mission to replace the costly software used in education and research with a free, open-source version. More than 100 mathematicians around the world are helping to develop the tool.
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akkibabaDec 7, 2007
There's a non-free program that chemists use called ChemSketch, which is used for building models of molecules. It seemed like a niche product, so I was pleasantly surprised to find an equally good FLOSS version. This just goes to show that Free versions of scientific software are definitely feasible.
wsteinDec 7, 2007
There is a wired blog post about the same topic here.
wsteinDec 7, 2007
I mean here: <a class="user" href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/math-geek-softw.html">http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/math-gee ...</a>
robbyjoDec 7, 2007
It's a norm. Not only MATLAB or Mathematica or Maple, but also many other general-science programs, like SAS. They require really pricey yearly license.