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I don't think it will last that long. There are a multitude of countries who are yet to make significant contributions to software, they're going to write and

I don't think it will last that long. There are a multitude of countries who are yet to make significant contributions to software, they're going to write and rewrite tons of stuff, and countries who want some measure of independence fostering competitors like Yandex to Google. It's hard to imagine rising economies within Africa, Asia and Latin America will ignore the cost of proprietary/leased software they can write themselves. It didn't even take one century for competitors to emerge for Windows, MSSQL, Oracle, etc.

newswasboring 6y ago
While I think you have a valid point here, I think matlab marketing department has caught on here and thus offering free student licenses. This is the same strategy employed by MS in at least India. Let them get it for free or give it for free. Also, companies which use matlab and develop a technology lock in are not after the language features, they are after the toolbox features. I hate matlab as a language as much as the next guy, but there isn't any competition for its toolboxes like antenna design, RF design, Risk management, OPC, instrumentation control (this one labview is another horrible but not alternative), etc.