[Fwd: Mathematica Licensing at Charles University]

[Jiri Bok]

Dobry den,
uzivam Mathematicu uz dlouha leta, mam licenci na verzi 4.1 (nyni uz postarsi).
O dalsich uzivatelich (samozrejme, s vyjimkou prof. Hurta). bohuzel nevim - 
ale mezi
matematiky jich urcite bude vic.
Ano, financemi se nase pracoviste (Fyzikalni ustav) muze podilet.
   Dekuji Vam za Vase usili
      a zdravim
       Jiri Bok


>Vazeni kolegove,
>
>doputoval ke mne prilozeny dopis, tykajici se zajmu o site-license 
>programu Mathematica na UK (MFF). Nemam prehled, jak siroka komunita ho 
>pouziva, v jake verzi vlastnite licence, kolik studentu program take 
>pouziva/mohlo by pouzivat, ani nevim, byl-li iniciator toho dopisu z MFF. 
>Nektere kontakty mam z doby, kdy se kupoval vetsi balik 10 licenci od Elkanu.
>
>Vite-li o  dalsich lidech/skupinach, kde se Mathematica pouziva, napiste 
>mi prosim, abych mel predstavu o poctu licenci, o kterych by se dalo 
>nezavazne jednat. Pokud jiz nekdo z vas na stejny dopis reagoval, dejte mi 
>take vedet.
>
>Myslim si, ze rozhodne stoji za to jejich nabidku vyslechnout, napr. pokud 
>by se jednalo o prevedeni stavajicich licenci (prip. urcite navyseni 
>poctu) na plovouci. Mame s temito licencemi (IDL, ORIGIN, Xwin32 ..) 
>vcelku dobre zkusenosti, malo kdo takove programy uziva 7 dni v tydnu  a 
>plovouci licence umoznuji podelit se s ostatnimi.
>
>Predpokladam, ze napr. na novych zamerech by bylo mozno najit i potrebne 
>finance a prispet z nich na site-licenci muze byt vyhodnejsi nez 
>prikupovani individualnich licenci.
>
>Dekuji za vasi odezvu. S pozdravem L.Prech
>
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>Lubomir Prech                           lubomir.prech na mff.cuni.cz
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>Dear Lubomir Prech,
>
>A member of the staff at Charles University recently expressed an
>interest in having Mathematica available for teaching and
>research. When I looked into the current use of Mathematica at
>Charles University I noticed that there are several Mathematica
>users but no site licence and I wondered if one had ever been
>considered. I thought I'd send a brief note to staff members to
>outline some of the new features of Mathematica Licensing
>programs, and would be very interested in your views on this.
>
>We've expanded our site licence schemes to include several
>commonly requested benefits such as free home-use licenses for
>both staff and students. We've also included a free
>webMathematica, a tool that allows you to put interactive
>calculations on your website, for example, for a distance
>learning program.
>
>Our commitment to continuing support of all major operating
>systems allows for the exchange of ideas between staff members in
>different departments using different hardware. It also gives
>students the opportunity to use one piece of software across many
>subject areas; less time needs to be spent learning different
>pieces of software, so there is more time available for
>appropriate subject matter. As Mathematica is the industry
>standard in a great many areas, the skills they learn at Charles
>University will stand them in good stead in the employment
>market.
>
>I wanted to tell you about these new options, and to find out if
>any discussions have taken place in the past regarding licensing
>Mathematica on campus. As I said before, I am very keen to get
>some feedback as this is the only way to tell whether we are
>moving in the right direction.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Kind Regards
>
>Rachel Barefield
>International Business Development Manager
>
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