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I want to get excited about Wolfram and Mathematica again. All of their blog posts are rather informative great reads. But then I head over to the pricing page

by nthitz 12y ago

I want to get excited about Wolfram and Mathematica again. All of their blog posts are rather informative great reads. But then I head over to the pricing page and am reminded of why I love open source tools.

MadManE 12y ago
I think that for the most part, you get what you pay for. Mathematica is expensive, but it is awesome. I'm not sure that it's easy enough to use for the price point they are asking, but it's definitely better than the free options.
ilaksh 12y ago
Wolfram Online is only $15 per month now for individuals.
taliesinb 12y ago
The Wolfram Programming Cloud even has a free tier. The online IDE does not have quite as smooth an experience as the desktop IDE, however. https://programming.wolframcloud.com/ https://programming.wolframcloud.com/
- MaysonL 12y ago
  Is your CDF format ever going to be publicly specified?
  - carlob 12y ago
    I don't know about that, but more and more things can be done in CloudCDF, which is standard open web technology.
pr_fancycorn 12y ago
If it's about "ethics", that makes sense. But if price is what prevents, say, a software dude in the bay area from trying out Mathematica, well that's just l, o, l; i, m, o.