Have you guys tried using something like Octave (a freeware MATLAB
clone). It might not be MATLAB, buts its free. We've had luck with it
on the Linux environment without many problems.

A Solaris problem is available from http://www.sunfreeware.com I think.


Si Hammond
University of Warwick

On 16/11/2007, Nils Nieuwejaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu 11/15/07 at 23:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >> If that does not work, just tell MathLab that you are going to go to
> > >> Mathematica :-)
> > >
> > > It's not so much "me" but rather my users (I'm talking about a
> > > research university here)
> > >
> > > They already have years of built up Matlab programs and familiarity so
> > > that proposition would be a non-starter. They'd just look at me like I
> > > have 5 heads and go back to their Matlab coding, and I wouldn't blame
> > > them for doing that.
> >
> > Have you seen the price of Mathematica ? It is $2495 for most things not
> > UNIX and $3120 for UNIX.  That is obscene. I would be fine with $500.00 or
> > even $750 but nothing in the end user market is worth over $1000 to me.
>
> The educational price is $1300-$1400 and the student price is $140.  It
> appears that the student edition isn't available for Solaris on either
> SPARC or x86, making BrandZ (*) the only option for the OpenSolaris user.
>
> Nils
>
> (*) Yeah, OK.  xVM too.
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