I'm looking into buying a student edition of mathematica 6.0
While I had no problem getting by with ruby/python scripting and a bit of maxima so far, as I study deeper into things I'm beginning to feel a need for a more sophisticated mathematical tool, with full publishing and graphics output support. Of course, there are quite a few open source and GNU applications that do all those things to a certain extent, but it is also true that they don't seem to be able to stand upto a truly commercial software like the mathematica in fullness and integration of all the features into one concise package.
One thing that irks me about mathematica is simply, that it isn't open, and runs contrary to some of my beliefs regarding what a scientific computing platform should be. All those half-cooked 'libertarians' running around talking as if the commercial flow represents the virtue of humanity doesn't really help my appetite for a commercial software either.
Being a student though, I guess I should be more kin to my realistic needs as a student. It is undeniable truth that I'll be needing some powerful modeling platform soon. Choices choices....
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