> Lets look at another area: most OpenOffice users are using it on top of > windows. And it does not hurt linux that they do so. It's similar here, > toolboxes can be used with both. Why not using octave toolboxes on top > of M ? It does no harm to octave if anyone does so. > > Now this is a strange way to argue. I wonder what open office developers would say if one would tell them to remove a feature because it is not supported in windows?
No one will hinder you from using octave toolboxes with matlab - the code is GPL licensed so you at liberty to use it at your own gusto. You can create a fork and publish 'compatibel ML toolboxes'. That's the point of free software. Just like no one will argue if openoffice is used on windows. But there is a reason developers are using octave and it's api, syntax and feature set, and I just don't see the point to abandon useful features that elevate octave over the other brand - just for the sake of compatibility. benjamin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
