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Who bought or supplied you your current copy of MATLAB?

My school supplies me as a student
63%
School bought it (prof, staff,etc.)
10%
I bought my own (student, home, etc
5%
My company/gov't/organization
17%
I'm using a free trial right now.
4%
Gift from someone (e.g. Mathworks)
1%
17288 votes

samuraix
samuraix on 21 Jul 2022
i found a crack version online...
Pavel
Pavel on 5 Jun 2022
oky
sarah wentzel
sarah wentzel on 22 Apr 2022
Mandatory course. Otherwise...
Aayush Boliya
Aayush Boliya on 4 Mar 2022

From the Carribean Sea

W waheed
W waheed on 28 Feb 2022

i dont understand the need for comments on a poll.

DGM
DGM on 28 Feb 2022

... are you sure about that?

Yoav Bressler
Yoav Bressler on 8 May 2022
Where else can we discuss the importance of comments on polls?
DGM
DGM on 8 May 2022
In case it weren't obvious, I was pointing out the fact that W waheed's comment is its own counterevidence.
That is, the purpose for a comment section on anything is to provide a place to put commentary -- including suggestions that commentary is unnecessary.
Sugar Daddy
Sugar Daddy on 3 Feb 2022
Vivian D'Souza
Vivian D'Souza on 2 Feb 2022

My school never did give me a copy. I had to rely on octave for the longest time. But now it's given to me by my organization.

Ben in Seattle
Ben in Seattle on 31 Jan 2022

I put down "Gift" since there was no option for "I'm using Octave, the Free Software workalike".

I started out with MATLAB decades ago and still occasionally refer to this website for documentation, but I've found GNU Octave to be more than sufficient for my work as a Computer Scientist. Our institution has an academic site license for MATLAB and it is what we teach students. Still, I personally prefer the open source "knock off". I love that it so easy for me to see how it works and customize it to our department's needs.

I know I'm unusual, probably because my particular field of work doesn't require any of the newer features from MATLAB.

kilian liss
kilian liss on 7 Apr 2022

I normally much prefer python, but some classes are simply taught in matlab, so I use it there to make it easier to follow along.

Debra Bastian
Debra Bastian on 22 Jan 2022

I'm using a free trial right now.

Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 10 Jan 2022 (Edited on 10 Jan 2022)

I suppose "gift from MathWorks" qualifies for employees?

William Thielicke
William Thielicke on 4 Jan 2022

I am still waiting for MATLAB to gift a license to me because my toolbox is the most popular one on FEX since quite a while ;)

DGM
DGM on 1 Jan 2022

I totally expected the student user responses to outnumber professional user responses, but not by that much. I wonder how much of that is just sampling bias, and the thought tempers my curiosity.

kilian liss
kilian liss on 7 Apr 2022

I wouldn't be using matlab if our class didn't require it. Much prefer python.

Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 23 Dec 2021

See other polls here All Polls

Stefaan Slachmuylders
Stefaan Slachmuylders on 23 Dec 2021

I have 2 licenses --> Company and school.

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