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Yes, if they'd just described it as a free, online window into Mathematica for ordinary people, everyone would be talking about how cool it was that it could do
by pg 17y ago
Yes, if they'd just described it as a free, online window into Mathematica for ordinary people, everyone would be talking about how cool it was that it could do such a huge range of calculations.
- amichail 17y agoThat wouldn't get as much publicity. Most people hate math.
- vlad 17y agopg submitted Wolfram's announcement of Mathematica 7 a few months ago, and believes in launching early and then iteratively improving the product. I think he might have been sarcastic. I think Wolfram really does want as many users as possible. This is a type of search engine, not an online version of Mathematica. Students may stay for the step-by-step solutions to many types of math problems, but statistics on how real people use and seek to benefit from such a product are what Wolfram must really be after. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369056 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369056
- pg 17y agoI wasn't being sarcastic.
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