> I can imagine if you are somewhere doing anything that comes close to the edge of your company’s competency, paid support would be a godsend. I agree. I've

> I can imagine if you are somewhere doing anything that comes close to the edge of your company’s competency, paid support would be a godsend. I agree. I've tried alternatives to Matlab for technical computing at work. So far I have not found anything to match both the quality of the product and the fast technical support I can get from the Mathworks through our support contract.