[Mac OS X TeX] Re: [0ff-topic] Matlab and Mac OS X

[John Vokey]

All,
  I know this is off-topic, but as scientists on the Mac are major uses of
both TeX and Matlab, and the issue was raised on this list, I thought it was
still appropriate.
  As I do routinely since The Mathworks stopped developing Matlab for the
mac, I wrote once again to The Mathworks to seek re-development, especially
for Mac OS X 10.1.  My comments included the suggestion made here (i.e., on
this list) that re-development should much easier for OS X because it is
essentially 'nix at its core.  I thought I'd share the response I received:

> This is in response to Case ID:  688201
> 
> Dear Dr. John Vokey:
> 
> MATLAB is not supported under Mac OS X.
> 
> As we do with all unsupported platforms, we will continually monitor the
> marketplace to see whether we should consider support for OS X. At the
> current time we do not have any plans or timeframe for supporting OS X.
> 
> While we are aware of the similarities and differences between OS X and
> other Unix-based systems that we currently support (including issues
> related to POSIX compliance, window managers, OpenGL support, number
> crunching ability, etc), making a decision to support MATLAB on additional
> platforms involves analyzing trends in industrial and educational sectors
> to ensure that our resources are allocated in the best way possible for the
> entire MATLAB community.
> Sincerely,
> Natasha Niedzwiecki
> Product and Pricing Team

-- 
Freedom of religion includes freedom from religion.

John R. Vokey, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge


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