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Date:      Thu, 30 Apr 1998 15:04:09 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Bootsrapa Limanond <b0l6604@unix.tamu.edu>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>, Suttipan Limanond <limanond@enws626.eas.asu.edu>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: matlab for linux and freebsd 
Message-ID:  <199804302204.PAA01191@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:33:45 CDT." <Pine.SOL.3.96.980430172220.27890A-100000@scully.tamu.edu> 

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> 
> On the other note, I just received matlab's pricing this morning. The
> MATLAB and SIMULINK's pricing seems like something I can swallow (~$500
> each for
> educational license). But, boy ..., a toolbox is priced at $199 each ...
> (At first,
> I didn't believe my eyes and had to write back to them to confirm).  How
> is it possible that a toolbox which is nothing but a collection
> of M-files cost more than a C compiler? 

Companies in that marketplace (Mathworks, RSI, etc.) seem to feel that 
because they have no competition, they can charge what they like.

> Did someone mention Scilab and another package? Is there a URL that I can
> get some info on these software?

Octave is in the ports collection.  I only looked at it briefly once, 
but it seems reasonably complete.

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