Responder: Re: [Maxima] Macsyma is still sold???

Hi all,


----- Original Message -----
De: C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com>
Fecha: Martes, Junio 3, 2003 4:15 pm
Asunto: Re: [Maxima] Macsyma is still sold???

[...]
 
> > Or, like many open-source projects, Maxima could sink into 
> obscurity.
> That is not terribly likely - Maxima already has a lot of very 
> powerfulroutines and capabilities unique in the open source world.  
> Axiom, when
> released, will probably be our biggest competition, but even there the
> thinking behind the systems is different.  Maxima, IMHO at least, 
> is in
> the best position to become the Mathematica replacement for the open
> source world.
> 
[...]
 
> I think the time for our major entry into the limelight will be after
> 6.0, when we have fixed all the major math bugs we can find.  My hunch
> is we will need new gui and plotting work before we see a serious
> interest level on a large scale, but it's hard to say.
> 
> CY
> 


I think that we have to work more closely in integration with TeXmacs
for being the Open Source Mathematica replace and for think in a better
interface. Most of the people who use Mathematica (and Maxima) are not
"applications writers" but scientific documents writers, (students,
mathematicians, physcians, researchers). So I think that for a Wider
user base is better to think in the document like the default interface
with Maxima (thougt TeXmacs). I'm not saying that a separate graphical
interface is not worth, but will be nicer to have other document
oriented Interface throught TeXmacs. For example a way to produce "non
interactive plottings" a la gnuplot will be nice for integrating Maxima
Plots with TeXmacs documents.

Just some ideas for discuss about them.

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