chrstnsn@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (10/24/88)
This is a call for discussion on the creation of a newsgroup comp.mathematica. Mathematica is a powerful new computer mathematics system that currently runs on machines from the following hardware vendors: Apple Macintosh Sun Microsystems Ardent Sony Stellar IBM RT NeXT Computer (Mathematica bundled with each machine) Silicon Graphics and soon a number of others. There are over 1000 Mathematica users already. Since this system is designed to be programmed, we expect many Mathematica packages and notebooks to be written and many tricks and tips developed. It is expected that this will be a very active group due to the large number of users and the many vendors who will be selling this program in the next year. A Mathematica user group is being organized with the support and encouragement of the Mathematica vendors. A newsgroup specific to this system will be of great value to users and will provide a convenient place to put new programs and algorithms. All discussion of this proposal should take place in this news.group. Discussion will be ended in two weeks on November 5 at midnight. If sufficient interest is shown, a call for votes will be posted. TO READERS OF SCI.MATH.SYMBOLIC, ALT.NEXT, COMP.SYS.SUN, COMP.SYS.MAC, COMP.SYS.IBM.PC.RT, COMP.SYS.SGI - POST ALL DISCUSSION IN NEWS.GROUPS. -------- Steve Christensen National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign steve@ncsa.uiuc.edu uunet!uiucuxc!newton!steve 14008@ncsavmsa.bitnet