Re: Does anyone else think Wolfram Research are unfair to Unix users?

Karen Bindash wrote:
Wolfram Research charge a hefty premium for Unix (HP-UX, Solaris etc)
versions of Mathematica, over that charged for Windows, Linux and Mac.
Yet they have not released 6.0.3 for Unix at all:

http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/latestversion/

Wolfram Research have confirmed to me that they do not intend
releasing version 6.0.3 for Unix. Yet it is clear that at some or all
of the changes in 6.0.3 listed at the above URL would benefit Unix
users the same way they benefit Windows, Mac and Linux users.




Interesting too that student versions are staying at 6.0.2 for now. I assumed the student version is just the same code as the pro version, but with a difference license key, although I might be wrong on that assumption.

I guess students do get Mathematica cheap, whereas Unix users pay a hefty premium as the original poster stated.

Perhaps 6.0.4 or 6.1 is planned for release soon, so WRI are not going to bother for a product which will soon be superseded. Who knows?
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