[ale] Matlab

[Wandered Inn]

will at mindspring.net wrote:
> 
> Matlab is required for a class I'm taking next semester. Matlab is
> available for many UNIX platforms. But you have to use Win9X or Mac
> for the student price. What in the hell is going through their heads?
> They don't tell you what the price of regular MATlab is; since you
> have to contact them I'm going to guess that it's outragous.

Have you contacted them and requested the student price for the Linux
version?

> 
> Can anyone tell me why this is? Are they attempting to implement a
> clue tax? Mathmatica and Maple are available for Linux, as well, and I
> know for a fact that Mathmatica charges *less* for the Linux version.
> 
> Will

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????