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		mariorz on May 14, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stephen Wolfram’s Introduction to Wolfram Alpha (s... it would be very odd if he went around saying he's hoping that google and msft will start a bidding war for his company.

programnature on May 14, 2009 [–]

Hehe, true. However you need to take into account sw's career. Its pretty obvious if you look at his record that he is in this for the long term legacy.

Alpha isn't just some web startup looking for an exit. Its the culmination of a life's work in computation, and the offspring of a 20+ year old company.

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