Bug in quiver

[Michael Goffioul]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Steven Verstoep <isgoed at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think in general that opensource can't compete with commercial
> products.
>
> You are right. i will be paying that $100 for a matlab license. My
> time is worth more.
>
> A bug in software will affect every user. If there is an imbalance
> between programmers and users the working-time wasted by the users
> will in the end cost more than the working-time saved by the having
> less programmers.
>
> For any product it holds that user satisfaction is the prime aspect
> for product survival. If a product will not perform as promised,
> people will discourage other users from using it.
>
> How old is octave by now? And it still can't draw a vector field?

How many developers do you think are working full time in Mathworks?
How many do you think did work full time on octave for the last
10 years...?

Michael.