They already do that. Chasing after Matlab compatibility is no fun, but someone has to do it. My impression right now is that Octave is too small for the Mathw

They already do that. Chasing after Matlab compatibility is no fun, but someone has to do it. My impression right now is that Octave is too small for the Mathworks to take us seriously. It will take a lot of work to make Octave grow into something big enough for the Mathworks to acknowledge our existence. Hopefully by the time Octave is that big, we will have the means to defend ourselves, if it comes to that.