Re:GNU Octave: A high-level interactive language for numeric...
by noufalibrahim on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:32AM
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The over dependence of academia on MATLAB when (atleast partial) FOSS solutions existed is what prompted the setup of the FOSSEE project in India https://fossee.in/.
They've been conducting several outreach programs to move academics and students off expensive and proprietary (and therefore often pirated) software to free alternatives (mostly around the Python ecosystem).
Re:GNU Octave: A high-level interactive language for numeric...
by type0 on Saturday January 19, 2019 @05:29AM
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I applaud such efforts, the entrenchment of MATLAB in engineering departments is hard to shake, we need more exposure on open source tools especially in academic conferences.
They've been conducting several outreach programs to move academics and students off expensive and proprietary (and therefore often pirated) software to free alternatives (mostly around the Python ecosystem).
The project is quite successful from what I know.