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Re:The Origins of SageMath; I am leaving academia to build a... by banach on Saturday June 11, 2016 @06:04PM (#11885555)
These projects are a crucial part of the infrastructure of the modern information society. The solution to a lack of funding for these things is not charity from rich patrons, but governmental investment based on taxes.
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Re:The Origins of SageMath; I am leaving academia to build a... by niels_olson on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:23PM (#11886344)
I tend to disagree. The government incentives are aligned toward large long term investments, not individual DaVincis or Galileos
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Re:The Origins of SageMath; I am leaving academia to build a... by banach on Sunday June 12, 2016 @06:12AM (#11887463)
But that's exactly my point. Software development and maintenance requires long-term investments.
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