On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:23:14 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> Fun thing: Apparently if you buy a Raspberry Pi, it now comes with a
> free copy of Mathematica.
> 
> Not some crippled version. The entire thing. For free.

Yep.  Which reminds me, I need to check it out. :)

> (Recall that to *buy* Mathematica is currently over £8,000.)
> 
> Well, I say "not crippled"... it'll only run on a Raspberry Pi. Which is
> fine for solving the occasional quadratic equation, but you can't do
> advanced aerospace engineering with it. So I guess it's not like they're
> losing any sales here.
> 
> Also: Apparently the Raspberry Pi is _more powerful_ than the hardware
> that Mathematica was originally released for. (Apple Mac? Apple II??)

Not surprising, it's been around for a while.

Jim



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