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Re:Like Google, Only Much, Much Worse by pg on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @12:47AM (#616271)
Yes, if they'd just described it as a free, online window into Mathematica for ordinary people, everyone would be talking about how cool it was that it could do such a huge range of calculations.
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Re:Like Google, Only Much, Much Worse by amichail on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @01:08AM (#616294)
That wouldn't get as much publicity. Most people hate math.
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Re:Like Google, Only Much, Much Worse by vlad on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @01:37AM (#616326)
pg submitted Wolfram's announcement of Mathematica 7 a few months ago, and believes in launching early and then iteratively improving the product. I think he might have been sarcastic.

I think Wolfram really does want as many users as possible. This is a type of search engine, not an online version of Mathematica. Students may stay for the step-by-step solutions to many types of math problems, but statistics on how real people use and seek to benefit from such a product are what Wolfram must really be after.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369056

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Re:Like Google, Only Much, Much Worse by pg on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @02:35AM (#616372)
I wasn't being sarcastic.
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