Wow, 200 employees when Mathematica is 600? Stephen Wolfram was taking a big risk with Alpha, but I guess he's used to succeeding at things.

I think Wolfram Alpha is actually really important and revolutionary in the amount of knowledge that it makes readily available for free. You just have to think of it more as a command line than a search engine.

single page view:

http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/05/stephen-wolfram-ta...