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gnu octave 11 for scientific computing (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's the thing. I think FOSS' main competitive disadvantage is the lack of money. Because money gets things moving/written, fast.

[โ€“] flora_explora@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Looking at the R community, it seems like this isn't necessarily true. You can find so many resources to very niche problems. The main difference seems to be that there are many people working with R because large companies like Google use it. The same is probably true for Python as well, but I'm not as familiar with it.