On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM, David Joyner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi: > > I posted a draft of a hopefully motivating and low-level paper at > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wdj/teaching/calc1-sage/an-invitation-to-sage.pdf > It is designed to fit into a book on calculus with Sage, as a > introductory chapter. I assume the reader is assumed to know little or > no calculus but does > have an interest in computers. Basically, if you have a "calculus with > computers" > course at your school, the student in that course is what I'm trying > to think of. It needs > to be fleshed out in spots but I thought I'd ask for suggestions > before going further > in case it seems like a bad direction to some people. > > Any suggestions? I would like to add a quote on how open source > programs often are higher > in quality (latex is an example), one that goes beyond the Okounkov quote, but > I can't remember where I saw one. Does something like that ring a bell > with anyone?
Linus Torvalds has some great quotes along these lines. e.g., "Q: What makes you believe Linux will continue to gain momentum? A: I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. I compare it to science vs. witchcraft. In science, the whole system builds on people looking at other people's results and building on top of them. In witchcraft, somebody had a small secret and guarded it -- but never allowed others to really understand it and build on it. Traditional software is like witchcraft. In history, witchcraft just died out. The same will happen in software. When problems get serious enough, you can't have one person or one company guarding their secrets. You have to have everybody share in knowledge." That's from http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc20040818_1593.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
