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Subject: Re: An Org centric research lab: Goodbye MS word, excel, and
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On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Doyley, Marvin M.
<mdoyley@ur.rochester.edu> wrote:
> I notice that you prefer to use python rather than matlab. Is there a reason  for this ? Matlab is free at my
> institution so cost  is not an issue.

Doing all of your reproducible research with free software will
maximize the number of people who may reproduce your research. MATLAB
is a great, great tool, and not many people purchase it other than
universities or professional engineers, minimize the number of people
to reproduce your research.