I have an alternative view: The fastest way to speed up research would be to fund an open source Wolfram software suite with feature parity. For a lot of hard t

I have an alternative view: The fastest way to speed up research would be to fund an open source Wolfram software suite with feature parity. For a lot of hard tech you need good multiphysics and CFD simulations, both of which suffer from a severe lack of open source tooling. Most of the proprietary engineering software can be cloned rapidly once a solid foundation is built. Even though Julia and Python are making progress, in terms of ergonomics and productivity it is still hard to beat the offerings by Wolfram. (If somebody is looking for a project for Mozilla's "fixing the internet" incubator, maybe give this a shot.)