| Re: IDL on VMS?? [message #22378] |
Fri, 10 November 2000 00:00 |
Dave Greenwood
Messages: 33
Registered: October 2000
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"Harvey Rarback" <rarback@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> Folks,
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> Is anybody else as upset as I am about Kodak's lack of support for OpenVMS
> after
> version 5.4? Considering the history of IDL on the platform and the still
> large
> number of scientists using VMS, it seems like a mistake to me.
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> Any suggestions for getting Kodak to reconsider?
I'm pretty unhappy about it myself. And I've seen a message or two about
it on comp.os.vms. As far as suggestions for getting RSI (I suspect
the decision predates the Kodak acquisition) to reconsider, I don't have
any. Although I can predict with a fair amount of certainty that our
maintenance fees for IDL will drop next year as a result.
Dave
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Oak Ridge National Lab %STD-W-DISCLAIMER, I only speak for myself
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| Re: IDL on VMS?? [message #22381 is a reply to message #22378] |
Fri, 10 November 2000 00:00  |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Harvey Rarback (rarback@slac.stanford.edu) writes:
> Is anybody else as upset as I am about Kodak's lack of support for OpenVMS
> after
> version 5.4? Considering the history of IDL on the platform and the still
> large
> number of scientists using VMS, it seems like a mistake to me.
Well, at one time we were *all* on VMS. (Or, at least
those of us with gray hairs were, Harvey.) But that's
another sad story.
How many OpenVMS new licenses do you suppose were
sold last year? I'm sure it eventually gets to the
point where the numbers don't even begin to justify
the effort. I know nothing about the facts in this
case, but I do know that in the past RSI has always
gone WAY beyond when the numbers made sense before
yanking a version.
Cheers,
David
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Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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