| Re: Message From RSI VP of Engineering [message #27490 is a reply to message #27225] |
Wed, 24 October 2001 14:21   |
stevens
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In <9r73m1$bck$1@sulawesi-fi.lerc.nasa.gov>, Logan Lindquist:
[Apologies for a lot of intertwined snippage...]
> Interesting! I didn't know which Linux Release the X platform was based on.
> It took me a little while to figure out your *nix termenology. You are
> referring to the word, Linux?
Sorry; I was misleading and presumptive. Actually, "*nix" is kinda shorthand
for any variant/clone of Unix (Irix, AIX, Linux) and not just Linux alone.
As for X, it's not really Unix in that it developed alongside Unix, but from
an independent source ("Open Group" at one time, IIRC). It's just the GUI or
windowing system that grew up with the variants of Unix, and so the de facto
standard in that regard.
X and *nix ain't always pretty; it's ABM, and it gets the job done for me.
> Yes hopefully RSI will release IDL for X. :)
As I said elsewhere, for the realists, it's lemonade from lemons time. :)
> Not that the port of IDL will sell more new Apple stuff, but it will prevent
> IDL users who are not too pissed off and still want to use the language,
I dunno. Seems like a lot of IDL-Aqua or Bust sentiment lately. :)
Seriously, I think it would be a shame if RSI drops OS-X ports, but for very
different reasons than just: "RSI is greedy/stupid/incompetent/malicious" or
all of that. We do have Macroslop, afterall. :)
> populace, but maybe marketing doesn't matter too much when looking for any
> sales that would allow for development to continue].
This is my point: I'm an engineer. The marketeers can toast in Hades, for my
part. I want reliable, speedy, affordable visualization tools. Even if it is
back to Gnuplot for me, as Macroslop tries to jam XP, .NET and Passport down
our collective throats. There is a bigger issue here than our pet OS/GUI.
> Apple should provide the utility Development utilities to a company as large
> as Kodak/RSI for FREE.
Easy for you to say. Own any Kodak common stock? :)
> I would like to thank you for you intelligent, thoughtful response. Not like
> other people that use this group.
Give 'em a chance; there are a lot of very nice, helpful folks here. Really.
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