Scilab

[Karima Miskeenmal]

Hi,
i am student of Computer system Engineering at Brunel University UK, currently i am doing a project  comparison of Matlab and Scilab. the aim is to use Scialb rather than Matlab. so please provide me the following information or links.
 
Large Matrix in Matlab and Scilab
Common toolboxes
can Scilab be used instead of Matlab at Universities?
Why there is less resources aviliable for Scilab?
 
 
thanks