Who needs MATLAB? My boss was looking into getting MATLAB into my classroom and found it astronomically expensive. I think it was something like US$200 per PC + SymbolicToolBox was another US$100 per PC and DistributedToolBox another US$100! And that's a lease! You have to renew the license every year! I have 25 PCs, you do the math....
I showed pelicanHPC to my boss and she almost cried.
BTW, there's a good deal from Mathematica. Schools and teachers can get is for $49 per core but this is also a lease and does not include any add on packages!
Regards,
AJG