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Maybe we need an open-source Mathematica or Wolfram Alpha, but I don't think Wolfram would benefit of either being open-source.
by rbonvall 14y ago
Maybe we need an open-source Mathematica or Wolfram Alpha, but I don't think Wolfram would benefit of either being open-source.
- ISL 14y agoHe'd be remembered as having given a gift to mankind, which he might like very much.
- xradionut 14y agoHis very large book was the "gift" to the public. Now we just need to find the "rule" that explains the universe.
- bugsbunnyak 14y agoWasn't that NKS? Seriously though, he did seem open to the idea of at least partially open-sourcing Mathematica during a recent AmA: http://sx.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qisot/im_stephen_wolfram_mathematica_nks_wolframalpha/c3xz8by http://sx.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qisot/im_stephen_wolfra...