Re: Matlab packages in Octave

[Quentin Spencer]

Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 19/07/06, Quentin Spencer <address@hidden> wrote:
> > If you still want to use parts of Matlab, what is the point of
> > switching anyway?
>
> Freedom, and the fact that academic and scientific collaboration
> should not be tied down to the Mathworks nor any other sort of
> proprietary software.

My point was that if you're still using part of Matlab with octave 
(assuming that the license even allows it), you're still "tied down to 
the Mathworks", so you haven't really gained anything in that regard.

Quentin