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From: KK <Kartikeya.Karnatak@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to open .p and .m files??
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 11:03:46 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 18, 1:51 am, rober...@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson)
wrote:
> In article <fdce03b4-a881-4a07-a42e-6879ce597...@b9g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
>
> KK  <Kartikeya.Karna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >so how can we see the code??
>
> For functions for which source is provided,
>
> >> type FunctionName
> or
> >> edit FunctionName
>
> For example,
>
> >> edit polar
> >is there any other way?
> >or no way we can see the code?
> >i mean if we want to make any changes how will we do it?
>
> If the source code is not provided, such as for .p files or Matlab
> internal function, then to see the source code, all you have to do is
> buy a complete Matlab source license. I don't believe that a complete
> source license is on their commercial offerings page, but you can speak
> to a Mathworks sales representative about it. I believe it to be quite
> likely that Mathworks deals with organizations that have very strict
> rules about having access to source (in escrow at least) -- Matlab
> is too useful of a tool for Mathworks to be likely to refuse to license
> use of it for military applications that require the source to be
> on file against the possibility of problems of National Interest
> (you don't allow a corporation to dictate terms to your military.)
>
> I have never had a reason to inquire with Mathworks about what they
> would charge for a source license, but for one company with
> an extensive product that I dealt with in the past, it was open knowledge
> that the price of that company's source license was one million dollars.
> With inflation and whatnot, it wouldn't surprise me if Mathworks'
> asking price was several million.
>
> If Mathworks chooses not to offer a source license to you,
> you still have at least one alternative: you could simply buy the
> company. It is, however, a privately held corporation, I believe,
> so you will not be able to do a simple purchase on the stock exchange:
> you would have to smooze around and find out who owns the private shares
> (my understanding is that there must be at least one voting share, by
> law) and then find out how much they want. They may just tell you
> to get lost, as private companies are not required to sell for
> any reason (short of court orders or expropriation), but I rather
> believe that they would be open to takeover with a relatively
> token offer: it probably wouldn't cost you more than about 80% of
> the assets of Microsoft, I would guess. Just a "mark of respect", really.
> --
>   "I think Walter was a very smart man."          -- Gene Autry

thanks very much for this suggestion of buying the company..
ll ask my CA's to work on this.. :)

cya