[Axiom-developer] [other Computer Algebra systems] [other Computer Algebra systems] Derive

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

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List price for Derive is about $200US and student price is about $100US. 
Its core-level mathematical capabilities are equivalent to nearly every 
"general" CAS out there, and anything you can implement in them can be 
implemented in Derive. I have never been able to afford Maple or 
Mathematica or even Reduce, so I can't comment on them.

Ease of use: Derive is much easier to use than Maxima, although I think 
that's just because I've been using Derive since about 1994 (on DOS back 
then!). I just started with Axiom, so I can't comment on it either. 
Axiom has a great reputation on the "gentoo-science" mailing list, so 
I'm learning how to use it.

Development does appear to have slowed down -- I wouldn't say stopped. 
The release level is 6.1. A couple of years ago, the founders of Soft 
Warehouse sold the business to Texas Instruments, so the business 
decisions are made now by TI rather than the founders as near as I can 
tell. In any event, Derive is essentially "complete" -- its main market 
is students.

I haven't found anything it can't do in a professional environment, 
though. My needs for a CAS right now are mostly to deal with equations 
in computer performance modeling -- Markov chains, ODEs, Laplace 
Transforms, etc. Derive handles them well and was my only practical 
alternative on Windows systems until I got a working Maxima port a year 
or so ago. But if you need Grobner basis calculations, well, they have 
that too ... :)

Bill Page wrote:

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>Except for Reduce (by the kind permission of it's author) we do not have any 
>commerical software on MathAction. I did approach both MapleSoft (Maple 
>developers) and Wolfram (Mathematica developers) to see if they would provide 
>a copy of their software and allow us to integrate it here on MathAction. But 
>so far Maplesoft has officially (but respectfully) declined and Wolfram did 
>not even reply to my email.
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>Apparently Derive is only available for Windows systems. Development of Derive 
>seems to have essentially stopped.
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>How much does Derive cost? What are it's significant features compared to 
>Axiom? Maple? Mathematica?
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