Raspberry Pi fans up in arms as Mathematica disappears from Raspbian downloads
In Summary : Knickers have become ever so twisty over the last few days as fans of the diminutive Raspberry Pi computer and its Raspbian ...
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In Summary :
Knickers have become ever so twisty over the last few days as fans of the diminutive Raspberry Pi computer and its Raspbian operating system noted that Mathematica had been "removed".
The conspiracy theories kicked off when users noted two simple words in the release notes for the latest and greatest version of Raspbian:
Discussions soon popped up on the Raspberry Pi Foundation's own forums and elsewhere as to what the exclusion might mean.
The leading theory was that the contract that allowed the Foundation to bundle the pricey system for free for the education-orientated Pi had expired. Mathematica Desktop for Students, after all, starts at £105 (plus taxes), so getting it for free made the Pi somewhat of a steal.
A Raspberry Pi engineer confirmed the expiration theory in a forum posting, stating: "The contract was for five years and has expired."
However, Wolfram Research contradicted this yesterday with a tweet confirming that Mathematica would indeed continue to be available on the Pi and even gave some handy commands to download the thing. [...]
kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/17/raspberry_pi_loses_mathematica/
Knickers have become ever so twisty over the last few days as fans of the diminutive Raspberry Pi computer and its Raspbian operating system noted that Mathematica had been "removed".
The conspiracy theories kicked off when users noted two simple words in the release notes for the latest and greatest version of Raspbian:
* Removed Mathematica.Discussions soon popped up on the Raspberry Pi Foundation's own forums and elsewhere as to what the exclusion might mean.
The leading theory was that the contract that allowed the Foundation to bundle the pricey system for free for the education-orientated Pi had expired. Mathematica Desktop for Students, after all, starts at £105 (plus taxes), so getting it for free made the Pi somewhat of a steal.
A Raspberry Pi engineer confirmed the expiration theory in a forum posting, stating: "The contract was for five years and has expired."
However, Wolfram Research contradicted this yesterday with a tweet confirming that Mathematica would indeed continue to be available on the Pi and even gave some handy commands to download the thing. [...]
kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/17/raspberry_pi_loses_mathematica/
