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I'm sorry, I'm probably missing the point. Why is it the same product with the same features but with a different name?

• mhartl 18y ago
  Why is it the same product with the same features but with a different name? Price discrimination* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination) is profitable if you can pull it off. *Don't let the scary name put you off; everyone price discriminates if they can. The best price discriminators in the world are American universities.
• tokenadult 18y ago
  It's released to a specialized submarket of all Mathematica users (namely those who are paying out of pocket and who want to save money). That's called price discrimination, and it also exists among the submarkets of students shopping for colleges to attend. http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/12/moving-toward-perfect-price.html http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/12/moving-toward-perfect...
• likpok 18y ago
  The problem with Mathematica for serious development is that you need Mathematica to run the stuff. So if you write a gadget/utility, only people with Mathematica can run it. This is an attempt to get deeper penetration into the hobbyist market.
  • programnature 18y ago
    You can freely distribute your UI-based 'gadgets' and what not using Mathematica Player, which is a free download. http://www.wolfram.com/products/player/ http://www.wolfram.com/products/player/