Hey, it's time for me to tell another third-hand half-remembered unsourced story, just because it's halfway relevant. How's that for a disclaimer? Anyways, on

Hey, it's time for me to tell another third-hand half-remembered unsourced story, just because it's halfway relevant. How's that for a disclaimer? Anyways, on to the story. I was an undergrad at UIUC in the early 90's, and the development of Mathematica had created a deep rift in the mathematics department. There was resentment because there had been collaboration between those working for Mathematica, and other professors in the math department, who were just working on "interesting problems" presented to them by the inner circle guys. Of course when Mathematica was released, and money and options were being given to the inner circle guys, the outer circle guys had, let's say, hurt feelings.