User talk:Rhlewis

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Fermat computer algebra system
Prof. Lewis - Allow me to briefly introduce myself and explain my actions. Wikipedia, for various legal reasons which I can't claim to fully understand, cannot accept any material which is copyrighted. This includes any text which originated elsewhere on the web. When you created the Fermat page I had a suspicion that it was cut and pasted from elsewhere, and when I plugged a few sentences into google my suspicions were confirmed. This is what led to me initially flagging the page as a copyright violation. After I noticed your comment that you had made the page (and you are also presumably the original author or the manual where the text came from), I wasn't sure what to do so I asked at the village pump. The general consensus seems to be that it's okay. However, the issue now is that the article isn't very encyclopedic. Wikipedia really isn't the place for manuals or howto guides - it's an encyclopedia. Try telling us about Fermat, what it does, what makes it notable, etc. --Bachrach44 01:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Fermat not eligible for Windows listing because depends on Cygwin emulator.
Dear Robert, I had to update the operating systems that the latest version of Fermat runs under in Comparison of computer algebra systems and I had to put Windows as a "no", mentioning that it does work if you satisfy the Cygwin dependency. I had the same problem with Mathomatic, but recompiled everything under MinGW with a few changes, and now Mathomatic depends on nothing! It is emulator free and a great standalone Windows program, that is now eligible to be listed as a Windows program. Sorry if I upset you with anything, I am trying to be helpful. MinGW (http://mingw.org/) gives a much better quality result with no dependencies, for any version of Windows. Mathomatic will also compile with Cygwin, but it doesn't work as well. You can get a nice MinGW cross-compiler in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories. Good luck! --George Gesslein II (talk) 02:30, 12 June 2012 (UTC)