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Re:Wolfram Alpha Needs an Open Source Version by ISL on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @05:46PM (#5063598)
He'd be remembered as having given a gift to mankind, which he might like very much.
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Re:Wolfram Alpha Needs an Open Source Version by bugsbunnyak on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @06:03PM (#5063731)
Wasn't that NKS?

Seriously though, he did seem open to the idea of at least partially open-sourcing Mathematica during a recent AmA: http://sx.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qisot/im_stephen_wolfra...

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Re:Wolfram Alpha Needs an Open Source Version by xradionut on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @06:00PM (#5063700)
His very large book was the "gift" to the public. Now we just need to find the "rule" that explains the universe.
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