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Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(
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Israel Herraiz |
Subject: |
Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-( |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:51:45 +0100 |
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Excerpts from Pedro's message of Sun Nov 11 14:16:04 +0100 2012:
> I don't know what's more "easy". Pay this M$ license (with recently
> heavy financial cuts in spanish public university as UPM), or spent
> the time to resolve it.
Easier means dedicating less time to compile and make an installer. I
don't directly pay for the license, and the license is already
available, regardless I use it or not. I would prefer using free
software to compile, but my time is finite, and for me, compiling with
free software has a lower priority than other (personal) tasks.
> I prefer better paid teachers than this kind of license.
Totally agree (disclaimer: I am a teacher who prefers to be better
paid :).
> If the license is paid, the way is to resolve the dependence to not
> pay anymore.
>
> And UPM is not alone.
> I think a lot of universities, are using octave in windows. So is a
> collective effort.
Again, I agree on that. Actually, any help to build my sources with
MinGW will be very much appreciated. I have a project (in Spanish) at
the RedIRIS forja: https://forja.rediris.es/projects/octaveupm/
You are very welcome to participate and help me out with the
compilation in Windows. As a side (joint) effect, we can help to the
build process of the rest Octave (everything but the GUI) in Windows,
which is very tricky and painful.
I agree also in what you say about getting rid of Windows (I provide
packages for GNU/Linux, and some of my students use them). But the
fact is that Windows is still a majority in Spanish labs and
departments. I think that providing free software for Windows is a
first step towards a full switch to free software.
Cheers,
Israel
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, (continued)
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Ben Abbott, 2012/11/10
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Alexander Hansen, 2012/11/10
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Ben Abbott, 2012/11/10
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Alexander Hansen, 2012/11/10
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Ben Abbott, 2012/11/10
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Ben Abbott, 2012/11/10
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Pedro, 2012/11/11
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Pedro, 2012/11/11
- Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(,
Israel Herraiz <=
Re: Result: Octave-UPM on Windows :-(, Philip Nienhuis, 2012/11/10