“Maxima gets elementary math wrong, it knows very little about integration, it is weak on simplifying expressions, it fails on trivial equations, it is slow, Maxima usage is discouraged by CAS power users. In summary: do not go and waist your time or wreck your nerves using Maxima. JUST DON'T DO IT”
Since this was in 2015, I want to know the situation now, and the comments of experts on the issues raised by the blog poste.
> We are scientists. We don’t blog. We don’t twitter. We take our time.