On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:26 PM, kcrisman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In contrast, when searching for "Mathematica", the first hit with Sage in the >> name is around #50, which is a comparison of "Mathematica vs Sage" - one >> where >> the author clearly considers Mathematica much better. >> >> http://jameswharris.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/mathematica-versus-sage/ > > Though OT to this thread, people should read this. It's actually very > poignant, read the right way - almost a love story to computational > learning of math, and a passionate plea to make this capability easily > available to anyone who could also be thus inspired. > > And it also hits home the points about both cost and things like > Windows and slickness; these things really do matter - some benefit > Sage, some Mma, and presumably others other systems. It reminds me of > some people in contested elections, who really honestly like both > candidates, and want to support the underdog, but just can't tear > themselves away from the one that has the more polished message and > that they are more familiar with. (And no, I am making no direct > comparisons with Sage or Mma and any candidates in any actual election > - only an analogy with what sometimes happens with individual voters.)
Interestingly, his only significant complaint about Sage is that it isn't easy to use as a Windows user. Which is a totally valid complaint given the state of using Sage on Windows right now, but that was the main obstruction. - Robert -- To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
