ianh@merlin.bhpmrl.oz (Ian Hoyle) (05/23/89)
I know I have posted to this newsgroup before regarding Mathematica on
the DN10000, but I have just heard (via the Australian distributors) some
disturbing news. Basically it is this:
1) both Apollo & Wolfram recognize that Mathematica would be a great product
on the DN10000
2) Wolfram Research say : give us a 10000 and we will do the port
3) Apollo say : give us Mathematica and we will do the port.
and yes, it's a ^&%^%#!%$^% stand-off :-(
[ this summation is quite probably not the entire story, but I think it
indicates the general state of affairs. Anyone from Apollo or Wolfram care
to comment :-) ]
There are already versions for the 3xxx and 4xxx machines, but no 10000.
All I need is the kernel of the damn thing. A version to make use of the
10000VS can take a lot longer for all I care.
We are a long, long way away down here in oz from being able to put pressure
on either Wolfram or Apollo, so PLEASE could someone out there start (or keep
on :-) hassling these parties so that we can make use of this GREAT piece of
software on our machines.
ian
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