__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 13 November 2006 16:35 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:42:35 +0000
> <3643383.txe9OKJvuB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Richard Stallman's shackles: The open source Java acid test?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Back in April of 2004, in an essay titled Free But Schackled - The
>> | Java Trap, Stallman wrote:
>> |
>> | "If your program is free software, it is basically ethical--but
>> | there
>> | is a trap you must be on guard for. Your program, though in itself free,
>> | may be restricted by non-free software that it depends on. Since the
>> | problem is most prominent today for Java programs, we call it the Java
>> | Trap."
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3933
>>
>> Earlier today/last night:
>>
>> Sun to Open-Source Java Under GPL
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | First, Sun Microsystems wouldn't do it. Then Sun teased us with it. Now,
>> | on Nov. 13, Linux-Watch has learned that Sun will finally open-source
>> | its implementations of Java under the GNU GPL v2.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2055994,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
>>
>> I'm still a victim (prisoner) of the only proprietary software that I
>> use... MATLAB for Red Hat Linux.
>
> Any particular reason why you can't replace that with something like
> Octave or GP/Pari? :-)
>
> I'll admit I don't know Matlab from Baltam. :-)
I compiled Octave a month ago, having collected many resources and links to
Open Source alternatives. I didn't take it further because I have not coded
in MATLAB for a while. It doesn't appear like I'll be staying in academia.
There are opportunities elsewhere which open the door to creativity.
Earlier today I read that Scilib had been added to the repositories of
Mandriva 2007. Both have French roots, I suspect. What's more, it's nice to
see scientific software intersecting with GNU/Linux where it belongs (and
where it enjoys a symbiotic relationship).
Best wishes,
Roy
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