kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) (02/09/89)
[ ... ] Since I am quite interested in seeing an application like Mathematica ported to the Amiga (and feel that the machine would make an excellent platform, especially with an 020/881, etc), I dashed off a note to Nancy Blachman a few days ago, WRT the Amiga port supposedly "in progress". Her reply was: > Kim, > > We do not currently have Mathematica available for the Amiga. > One reason why we are not sure that we will do the port is that > without virtual memory, Mathematica requires approximately 3 meg > of memory and not many Amiga users have this much. > > > Nancy Soooooo ... it does not appear that Mathematica is actually "on the way", as other postings have suggested, but it does sound like it hasn't been ruled out. Perhaps CBM could show some Marketing/Sales initiative, and discuss this with them ... and maybe even (gasp) share some of their market research, sales projections, etc. for 3+ Meg Amiga's. This could be a "Golden Opportunity" to get a foot in the door with the scientific/engineering/mathmatics community, who typically care a helluva lot more about getting the job done, than they do PClone compatibility (like the business types do). Could maybe somebody at CBM (CATS, DOGS, etc) pass this info along to the right people in Marketing/Etc. And I suppose it couldn't hurt for individual users to contact Nancy, with words of support/encouragement for the project. She can be reached at "nb@wri.com", or "uunet!wri!bluto!nb". /kim -- UUCP: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25