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This is posted to the "Website Tech" forum, as i've got ideas about using Matlab technology to create a few marginally interesting web pages - ie. very interesting to a small number of people.
I've been looking at the Matlab software, and especially their price list ;) They have a large number of modules, each reasonably priced (ie. expensive, but not really for that kind of software), but the price easily skyrockets when adding a few extra modules. I'm totally new to it (as in "have never touched it before"), so of course i should start with their base module. Anyway:
Q1) If there are any users out there - what are the limitations of the base module...sort of?
I find that Matlab has some very interesting possibilities, especially with Matlab Compile and Matlab Web Server. So:
Q3) Anybody tried the Matlab web server? Experiences?
Q4) Anybody know the probabilty of finding a hosting provider with Matlab Web Server?
If i choose their Windows package over the Linux ditto, it will tie me even closer to the nice Redmond people, and while they do make the best spreadsheet out there (sometimes i even think it's the best piece of proprietary software at all - as long as you know its limitations and how to handle those), i will consider not only their Linux edition, but "real" Open Source as well. So:
Q5) Anybody know any Open Source Matlab alternatives? Free (as in beer) is not necessary, i will pay if it's good (but i need to test run).
The above question is purely because i don't really know that part of the software market. I've not really had a need to investigate it before, as i can make Excel do the stuff it can't do out of the box, but i find that i reach the limits too early for some tasks.
For (closed source) pure statistics (ie. analysis) there's always SAS and SPSS, but even though i've tried both and they're serious worhorses, i don't really like either of them enough to purchase them. So, Open Source stat software suggestions are also welcomed, as long as it's got some possibilities regarding web development.
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Q1. Not a lot really, as long as you don't need the algebraic solvers (licensed from Maple, IIRC) or some of the advanced graphing features.
Q2. What happened to Q2?
Q3. No
Q4. No idea
Q5. Octave supports much of the Matlab syntax. The graphing relies on Gnuplot, and doesn't support any of the Matlab GUI programming. If you want a numerical answer, Octave will do. If you need graphs for academics, it'll still do. Pretty graphs for management are probably beyond it. The Python module matplotlib looks good for graphing, but I've never had a chance to try it.
>> Q2. What happened to Q2?
Edited out. It was about their Linux vs Windows licensing. I'll just find that info on their site, or ask them.
Happy New Year, i'll look into the one you mentioned sometime early next year ;) I don't know Python though, but i guess i'll learn if i have to.
Closed source: Calculation Center, Mathemathica, Maple
Open: Scilab, Euler, R-project, Maxima, Axiom, Pari/GP - as well as a few nice knoppix flavours: Quantian and ParallelKnoppix
Also, it seems i should learn Lisp in stead of/as well as Python ... i'm just overwhelmed right now... too little time and too many fun things to do. I seriously doubt i will ever get to the bottom of this subject - i might as well go back to school, life was much easier back then with all that time just for studying :)
