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The thing is, he didn't even make most of Mathematica. He just managed to sue all of his collaborators at the time so that he could say he did. It's hard to kn
by jordigh 13y ago
The thing is, he didn't even make most of Mathematica. He just managed to sue all of his collaborators at the time so that he could say he did.
It's hard to know how much he has created now, because he just keeps being deceptive about it.
- spitfire 13y agoI've never heard that story before. Can you flush that out with some more details? I'm genuinely curious to hear. I've used MMA since 2.0 on NeXT and love it to bits. But I've met Stephen and he lives up to his reputation.
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- jordigh 13y agoThe details of the story are hard to find nowadays, probably because the lawyers told everyone to shut up about it. You can find some vague allusions to it here: " Wolfram quit Illinois, took the program private, and entered into complicated lawsuits with both his former employee and his co-authors (all since settled)." http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/wolfram/ http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/wolfra... Btw, which side of his reputation does he live up to? To being a visionary genius or to being a raving crank?