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gnu octave 11 for scientific computing (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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https://9to5linux.com/gnu-octave-11-open-source-scientific-programming-language-officially-released

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[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"got for free"

you know your uni is payong for it most likely?

with either tuition fees, or even subsidies from those tax payers, in the second case, Matlab is stealing literally the people's money

do I have to tell you why this is clearly fucking insane? Do I have to tell you that most universities don't have the fucking budget to pay for corporate slop software that forces lockin into their ecosystem?

[–] cole@lemdro.id -1 points 6 days ago

Hey, you seem to think I actually like this situation - but I don't.

I actually fully agree, but the reality is that the original post is not representing anything meaningful for moving people off of Matlab -> Octave. The tweet is over-dramatic and also written by AI.

I think it's worth being critical instead of falling into a circle jerk here. Octave has a ways to go before it can kill Matlab. I'd love to see it happen!