[clug] F/OSS Alternatives

[Jack Kelly]

Ben Chaplin wrote:
> Since the OS X thread got derailed into a "proprietary software is evil" 
> thread (as is only right on a LUG mailing list!), I've been thinking 
> about what my linux experience lacks.
> 
> I would like F/OSS alternatives to the following:
> * PSPICE (electronics analysis)
> * Maple (Maths)
> * Matlab (Maths)

I remember using Scilab (http://www.scilab.org/) in a numerical linear 
algebra class a few years back. I don't know how it stacks up to Matlab 
for more `serious' work.

-- Jack