RE: Book project

[Jake]

Point taken, but do you see what I'm saying?  Since Octave has like the same
syntax and functions, there are a billion and one other resources that
people can use besides this supposed book.  Including a CD with the actual
software, for free, would obviously be a huge boost in making it unique. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jaroslav Hajek [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:25 AM
To: Jake
Cc: Fotios Kasolis; address@hidden
Subject: Re: Book project

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Jake <address@hidden> wrote:
> Well the fact of the matter is, there are literally hundreds if not 
> thousands of MATLAB books.  If Octave has almost the same exact syntax 
> and functions as MATLAB, then why would anyone want to read this book?  
> That's why I think it should cover maybe a little bit of the basics, 
> but mainly focus on what Octave can do that MATLAB can't.
>

Here's a minor point: a printed Octave book can be accompanied by a CD with
Octave (rpms, debs, Win installers, sources etc) and extension packages. I
think the same is not true for any book on MATLAB :)


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