Re: [sage-support] Growth potential for open source math tools: 10 questions

2010-04-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
William Stein wrote: Spammer? Should we block this guy? Personally I think it is mis-guided rather than spam. It is also on the R mailing list. dave -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [sage-support] Growth potential for open source math tools: 10 questions

2010-04-26 Thread William Stein
Dear Martin, This email is very misguided. Perhaps surprisingly to you, it is generally considered very rude to post questions/surveys to an open source project's mailing list without providing some clear introduction and explanation about specifically what the survey has to do with that

Re: [sage-support] Growth potential for open source math tools: 10 questions

2010-04-25 Thread William Stein
Spammer? Should we block this guy? On Sunday, April 25, 2010, martin...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an need for more open source math tools in for-profit companies? If so, would targeted training and support help meet this need while benefiting the open source

Re: [sage-support] Growth potential for open source math tools: 10 questions

2010-04-25 Thread David Joyner
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:53 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Spammer?  Should we block this guy? I banned him. He did mention R and octave in his link but not Sage. Legit surveys usually give a lengthy explanation about how the info will be used etc. This one did not. On Sunday,