| Re: IDL under PPCLinux? [message #22475] |
Tue, 21 November 2000 00:00 |
Randall Skelton
Messages: 169
Registered: October 2000
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PPC Linux is basically RedHat 6.x Linux for the mac... I would compile it
myself if the source were out there ;) In short, I doubt it would be much
work for the people at RSI to make it work, alas over the past months I
have noticed a considerable degradation in the sales contacts at RSI. It
*used* to be that when you mailed info@rsi.com that your questions were
promptly answered... for $1500+ a license I would have thought this would
still be the case! Alas, I (like many others) am now actively looking for
alternatives to IDL. We have a departmental site-license for 5.3 which I
will continue to use for initial development until I find an alternative
however I will not be encouraging an upgrade in the near future. What I
need is software which I can afford to run in our department and on the
road. The platform issue is of some concern as well: I would like to see
more Linux platforms supported (including PPC Linux).
Randall
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Andrew wrote:
> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:33:50 GMT
> From: Andrew <noymer@my-deja.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
> Subject: Re: IDL under PPCLinux?
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> Commercial software packages for PPC/Linux seem to be rare.
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> Perhaps a worthwhile project for someone would be to write
> an x86/Linux emulator for PPC/Linux. Not me.
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> If you're looking for statistics software, one notable
> exception is Stata ( www.stata.com ) their commercial software
> is available under both x86 and PPC Linux. Stata's graphics
> don't hold a candle to IDL, tho.
>
> - Andrew
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> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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| Re: IDL under PPCLinux? [message #22478 is a reply to message #22475] |
Mon, 20 November 2000 16:33  |
noymer
Messages: 65
Registered: June 1999
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Commercial software packages for PPC/Linux seem to be rare.
Perhaps a worthwhile project for someone would be to write
an x86/Linux emulator for PPC/Linux. Not me.
If you're looking for statistics software, one notable
exception is Stata ( www.stata.com ) their commercial software
is available under both x86 and PPC Linux. Stata's graphics
don't hold a candle to IDL, tho.
- Andrew
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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| Re: IDL under PPCLinux? [message #22479 is a reply to message #22478] |
Mon, 20 November 2000 00:00 |
mole6e23
Messages: 31
Registered: December 1998
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Randall Skelton <rhskelto@atm.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> I am curious if IDL can be run under PPC Linux (i.e. linux on a power
> pc/macintosh computer).
That would be no. Not a large enough market for RSI to bother supporting,
which is unfortunate, but true. If they just dropped VMS support, I doubt
they'll be adding LinuxPPC support any time soon. I believe I even asked
them once, and they said "no plans" or something to that effect.
Todd
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