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Re:The Origins of SageMath; I am leaving academia to build a... by dimpase on Monday June 13, 2016 @02:51AM (#11892092)
Academia is about theory that is correct (and therefore potentially useful). There is a huge potential conflict of interest whenever you use a commercial stack in your research, for the providers of the stack are not really interested in providing error-free robust products. Lingering errors in Mathematica are well-documented, for instance, and all they do about them is to put up smokescreens. Does one need to wait for a huge scandal for the change of attitude here?

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