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Matthew Powell <mpowell@rsinc.com> wrote: > be implemented following the releases of IDL 5.5, scheduled for release > October 4, and ENVI 3.5, planned for October 22, of this year. These will be > the last versions to support the following platforms: > Compaq Alpha Tru64 Unix Well thats a bit of a b*gg*r. Still, knowing us, we won't actually move up to 5.5 for another year and it will last another few years and by then we'll all be on linux anyway ;-) -W. -- William M Connolley | wmc@bas.ac.uk | http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/icd/wmc/ Climate Modeller, British Antarctic Survey | Disclaimer: I speak for myself I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file & help me spread!
In article <3bc3484c@news.nwl.ac.uk>, wmc@bas.ac.uk wrote: > Matthew Powell <mpowell@rsinc.com> wrote: >> be implemented following the releases of IDL 5.5, scheduled for release >> October 4, and ENVI 3.5, planned for October 22, of this year. These will be >> the last versions to support the following platforms: > >> Compaq Alpha Tru64 Unix > > Well thats a bit of a b*gg*r. Still, knowing us, we won't actually move up to > 5.5 for another year and it will last another few years and by then we'll > all be on linux anyway ;-) > Yeah, certainly makes me wonder how much longer IRIX will be supported. Nice of a company to add a little nervousness to customers making mid-term hardware procurement decisions... DJB
Dennis Boccippio wrote: > In article <3bc3484c@news.nwl.ac.uk>, wmc@bas.ac.uk wrote: > >> Matthew Powell <mpowell@rsinc.com> wrote: >>> be implemented following the releases of IDL 5.5, scheduled for release >>> October 4, and ENVI 3.5, planned for October 22, of this year. These >>> will be the last versions to support the following platforms: >> >>> Compaq Alpha Tru64 Unix >> >> Well thats a bit of a b*gg*r. Still, knowing us, we won't actually move >> up to 5.5 for another year and it will last another few years and by then >> we'll all be on linux anyway ;-) >> > > Yeah, certainly makes me wonder how much longer IRIX will be supported. > Nice of a company to add a little nervousness to customers making > mid-term hardware procurement decisions... > > DJB Too true. I have the same doubts about IRIX. Which will be the first to go, IRIX support in IDL or sgi? IBM were the main instigators of FUD, but they used it on competitors products not their own. I guess Kodak/RSI have some learning to do if they want to use FUD properly. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk Phone : +44 (0)116 2523568, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555