I agree that it would be great to have SAGE as the official math software in france. I am a maitre de conferences in france and i would also like SAGE to get into our universities, not just the CPGE.
Just a couple of comments though: ** is Maple in french now, with french names for the functions ?? wouldn't it be good for the students to learn a bit of english while learning SAGE ? of course the manuals ought to be translated. ** SAGE doesn't compile easily on WIndows at all. So the students who are now cracking maple on their windows machines would have to install linux and sage -- not all of them will find this an improvement at first. Mind you, it might be a good way to promote linux ! good luck! pierre On Nov 24, 11:32 pm, "David Joyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for your email! > > I think this is a great idea. > Things like the "tutorial" or "constructions/cookbook" (or a suitable subset > of them) might need to be translated into French as well. They are > open source as well of course, so help yourself. Also, feel free to ask > for help if you need any from the email lists > athttp://www.sagemath.org/lists.html > > I'm cross-posting to sage-forum since there may be people there > interested in your project not on sage-devel. > > - David Joyner > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > On Nov 24, 2007 5:20 PM, Philippe Saadé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dear SAGE developers, > > > i hope i am not bothering you to much with my mail. I am a math > > teacher in "Classe Préparatoire" in Lyon (France) so my students are > > school graduates and they prepare contests to enter famous "Grandes > > Écoles" (Engineers schools). > > > The french educational administration has decided, many years ago, to > > promote the usage of computers for scientific purposes. They then have > > chosen two software : Maple and Matlab. > > > I have the project to propose to "those who decide" to replace Maple > > (and maybe Matlab too) by Python based software. Of course, SAGE comes > > first in my mind. > > > I know it is not a simple task because most teachers are now used to > > Maple and the new GUI of Maple is more intuitive. But it's not open > > source and it costs a lot... (so students download cracked versions) > > > If i want to have a chance to convince these leaders, i must be able > > to prove that within a one year project, it is possible to adapt SAGE > > interface (mostly propose a french environment, and maybe french names > > to procedures and parameters) and provide a library of sample code > > (to prove that it fit the needs of math course in "Classes > > Préparatoire" and ease the adoption of SAGE by other teachers...) > > > To achieve such a goal, i would work with a freelance consultant based > > in Lyon. Any code produced to adapt SAGE would be GPL licenced and > > fully open-source, without any delay in publication. > > > I would like to have your opinion about that project and any advice or > > warning... > > > I apologize for my poor English and for a rather cumbersome > > presentation. I hope to read from you soon. > > > Best regards, > > Philippe Saadé --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-forum URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
