Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Re: PVI jerk toots own horn on net [flame; how'd you guess? : -]
In article <ALANS.92Aug19170731@abraham.juliet.ll.mit.edu> alans@ll.mit.edu (Alan Jay Stein) writes: [Several personal attacks not worthy of comment deleted...] > ***NOT!*** > > First of all, this is no place to advertise! I can't believe PVI doesn't have a > corporate policy prohibiting this, but I'm sure gonna find out now! > > And about giving you some credit: > > You charge way more for the same basic product, have no programmable X Widgets, > and no IMSL link. And before you spout off about the NAG garbage, I'd like to > remind you that this is a brain-dead, one for one parameter implementation, no > easier than writing c-code which we can do without putting your kids through > college. Apparantly, a few smart RSI engineers can do a lot more than a lot of > stupid PV ones. > > And finally if you're working on a Unix box, can you really buy the "bigger > is better" argument? IDL wins on price, and on features. In conclusion, > > *************> Stay Away from PVI, folks!!! Buy IDL!!! <**************** Geez, Al. Stop beating around the bush and tell us what you really think! I mean, are you _for_ IDL or against it? Todd. -- | Todd Bradley -- Official Microsoft Spokesman | | WARNING/GUARANTEE: This message contains material which a truly | free Society would neither fear nor suppress.
[Lots of harsh words from earlier posts; deep questions about the relative merits of two very nifty software products; then the killer:] > -- > Adam Fedor. CU, Boulder | Fudd's Law of Opposition: Push something ^^^^^^^^^^ > fedor@boulder.colorado.edu | hard enough and it will fall over. Surely you realize that this is Fudd's FIRST Law of Opposition. The Second Law, as I recall, is something about wasting Usenet bandwidth with flame wars in one of the few remaining useful newsgroups for people trying to work. 'Nuff said? P.S. This is not directed at you personally, Adam, nor anyone else, just PLEASE let's cool this thing off: I learn quite a bit by reading this newsgroup --- or did before Wednesday.... Joe Gurman -- J.B. Gurman / Solar Physics Branch / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov | Federal employees are prohibited from holding opinions under the Hatch Act.| | Therefore, any opinions expressed herein are somebody else's. |