Happy hunting, and let us know what you decide.
Brian
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>Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 22:49:35 -0800
>From: Helen Dakin <dakinh@OPERATNS.MOHAWKC.ON.CA>
>To: Jay Malmstrom <malmstrm@QNS.COM>
>Cc: "mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu" <mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu>
>Subject: Re: [MATHEDCC] Re: math software
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>i second that motion but I already responded personally to helen.
>However, I forgot to mention the internet capabilities of scientific
>notebook.
>SN can travel the web and visit web pages on any server that have been
>saved in tex format. In other words SN has to ability to act as a
>'browser' for mathie documents in tex format and is smart enough to
>handle the controls over to your browser of choice when you wish to
>transfer to an url containing a web pages that is formatted in html
>format. That is an incredible edge over anything else that i have seen.
>
>
>
>Jay Malmstrom wrote:
>
>> Helen Burn wrote:
>>
>> > hello!
>> >
>> > I read loads of these messages and reply or ask a question once in a
>>
>> > while. Here's one:
>> >
>> > We're submitting a proposal to purchase one of the major software
>> > packages for each of the 14 math faculty in our department. Of
>> primary
>> > importance is the ability to produce graphics that can be imported
>> into a
>> > MS Word document. I know Mathematica has this ability, as does
>> Maple.
>> > What about Derive?
>> >
>> > We're leaning towards Derive since we believe it will take up less
>> disk
>> > space. Is this true?
>> >
>> > Any input?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Helen Burn, Instructor
>> > Department of Mathematics
>> > Highline Community College
>> > Des Moines, WA
>> >
>> >
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>> Helen,
>>
>> May I suggest another alternative - Scientific Notebook. It contains
>> a Maple
>> kernal and acts as both a word processor as well as a CAS. It retails
>> for about
>> $60 a copy and you can get a 30 day review copy. The web site is
>> www.scinotebook.com. Slight more expensive is MathView. It is a
>> Waterloo-Maple
>> product which uses a palette for composing mathematical expressions.
>> The
>> surface plots it produces are excellent and I have found that most
>> students
>> prefer it to Derive. It goes for about $125.
>>
>> Jay Malmstrom
>> Oklahoma City Community College
>>
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