Kann ich nur bestätigen… Schon mein FP1U war super resistent. Eine erdrückende Begegnung mit einem Bus war dann jedoch des Guten zu viel. Mein FP3 habe ich nur deswegen auseinander genommen, um mal alle Öffnungen zu reinigen (und mir das ganze etwas näher anzuschauen). Stürze scheinen nur der Stossstange was anzuhaben; das Handy ist noch in 1A Zustand und mit dem verlängerten OS-Support noch für einige Zeit brauchbar. Eine schöne Abwechslung nachdem ich vorher ein “Baustellen-Handy” hatte, dessen Anzeige aufgrund von Temperaturspannungen auf dem Nachttisch liegend barst.
We used Matlab back where I studied and the faculty did provide the software for free through a central license server. Since internet wasn’t as prevalent and stable back then, a good chunk of students did pirate it anyway… so there’s that…
I’ve been using and continue to use SciLab and Octave privately and even at my job. It’s great for calculations, simulations and for data analysis, if you’re not doing it in dedicated tools and don’t require a neatly designed graphic interface. Where we ran into trouble was with toolboxes, hardware integration (HiL) and safety. For a business it doesn’t make sense to spend all those resources (the workers’ time and skill) to build all those tools etc. when Mathworks already does it and you’ll always be trailing them. Also as soon as you try for ‘safe’ software and are restricted to specific hardware (which is being developed and updated regularly itself), the whole process becomes way too cumbersome, while Matlab has specific toolboxes for specific hardware. And as a last point: Matlab has made alot of progress in terms of the interface and automation in the last few years, so more people can easily use it.
So there are differences but it really depends on the specific circumstances, whether they merit the price.