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Subject: Re: Matlab 7.4 OSX
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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 07:49:55 -0400
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Steven Lord wrote:
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> "Samar Khatiwala" <spk@ldeo.columbia.edu> wrote in message
> news:ef53b75.16@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
>> Hi
>>
>> I fully echo Stefan's earlier post. Matlab on Mac derives
>> its usefulness from the fact that I can run it remotely
>> via ssh from any unix/linux box. Apart from running matlab
>> on my mac laptop, this is the most typical usage for myself
>> and many of my colleagues. The fact that X11 is central to
>> this makes this thread truly alarming.
>>
>> Yes, there are alternatives such as VNC, which in fact I use
>> extensively to connect between Mac's. But there is no guarantee
> that
>> such software will be available when I need it (and is often
not
> on
>> linux boxes), while X11 is always
>> there and always works.
>>
>> Surely, Matlab on Mac has more serious problems than a
>> "non native" UI. How about expending the effort on providing
>> 64 bit support, multithreading the sparse matrix kernels, etc
> etc?
>
> There are lots of developers working on different aspects of
> MATLAB. The
> developers working on the MATLAB user interface are not necessarily
> the same
> developers who work on the language and who would need to be the
> ones to add
> 64-bit support to the language or the developers who work on sparse
> matrices
> and would need to be the ones who add multithreading capability to
> sparse
> matrices. You can see this if you look at the Careers section of
> our
> website:
>
> <http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/>
>
> If you look just at MATLAB developer positions, you'll see for
> instance that
> we have graphics developer positions, deployment developer
> positions, GUI
> developer positions, language developer positions, etc.
>
> BTW, as a shameless plug for anybody interested in any positions
> they see on
> that webpage, this is a pretty good place to work. Just thought
> I'd mention
> it :)
>
> --
> Steve Lord
> slord@mathworks.com
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