| Re: IDL for Linux(PC-UNIX) [message #3284] |
Wed, 21 December 1994 05:41 |
mahan
Messages: 17
Registered: October 1994
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Brian Handy (uphlabh@gemini.oscs.montana.edu) wrote:
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: >RSI distributed email to the contact people with current licenses (at
: >least, with a note inviting the principal users) to contribute to this
: >survey that is suppose to help RSI define its vision for the future.
: >
: >Included in this survey was a question that asked which platforms do you
: >wish to see an IDL port- Included was Linux, Solaris for Intel, BSD (as
: >I recall), among other platforms.
: I didn't hear about this, but at the time of our last upgrade here, I
: wasn't the contact person. If I want to put my $0.02 in, who do I need
: to send an e-mail to?
: Thanks,
: Brian Handy
: handy@sxt4.oscs.montana.edu
I was contacted by email in mid November- you can send email to
survey@rsinc.com to request a form and/or send your own comments and
suggestions.
The survey prompted for the contact people to freely forward to IDL users for
their feedback as well as the contact's feedback.
-Steve
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Stephen L. Mahan Telephone: 615-974-7847 Fax: 615-974-7843
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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| Re: IDL for Linux(PC-UNIX) [message #3288 is a reply to message #3284] |
Tue, 20 December 1994 18:21  |
uphlabh
Messages: 8
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In article <3d817n$4bm@martha.utk.edu>,
Stephen Mahan <mahan@martha.utcc.utk.edu> wrote:
> Brian Handy (uphlabh@gemini.oscs.montana.edu) wrote:
> : In article <SNOZAWA.94Dec19151321@stecpu2.helios1.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp>,
> : Satoshi Nozawa <snozawa@helios1.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp> wrote:
> : >I use Linux system in IBM-PC.
> : >Is IDL system supported for Linux(PC-Unix)(or *BSD)? Future?
[...]
>
> RSI distributed email to the contact people with current licenses (at
> least, with a note inviting the principal users) to contribute to this
> survey that is suppose to help RSI define its vision for the future.
>
> Included in this survey was a question that asked which platforms do you
> wish to see an IDL port- Included was Linux, Solaris for Intel, BSD (as
> I recall), among other platforms.
I didn't hear about this, but at the time of our last upgrade here, I
wasn't the contact person. If I want to put my $0.02 in, who do I need
to send an e-mail to?
Thanks,
Brian Handy
handy@sxt4.oscs.montana.edu
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| Re: IDL for Linux(PC-UNIX) [message #3292 is a reply to message #3288] |
Tue, 20 December 1994 17:43 |
mahan
Messages: 17
Registered: October 1994
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Brian Handy (uphlabh@gemini.oscs.montana.edu) wrote:
: In article <SNOZAWA.94Dec19151321@stecpu2.helios1.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp>,
: Satoshi Nozawa <snozawa@helios1.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp> wrote:
: >I use Linux system in IBM-PC.
: >Is IDL system supported for Linux(PC-Unix)(or *BSD)? Future?
: That was hard to counter, I paid $5K at the time for my machine. I was
: also led to believe if there was a market for it, they would probably be
: willing to port their stuff to another platform. Are there many other
: people out there interested in this, considering the large price tag
: associated with IDL?
: Regards,
: Brian Handy
: handy@sxt4.oscs.montana.edu
RSI distributed email to the contact people with current licenses (at
least, with a note inviting the principal users) to contribute to this
survey that is suppose to help RSI define its vision for the future.
Included in this survey was a question that asked which platforms do you
wish to see an IDL port- Included was Linux, Solaris for Intel, BSD (as
I recall), among other platforms.
IMHO, RSI would make a good move to market IDL for Linux to students,
with an affordable price scheme. After school- New Place- New
Non-Linux platform (most likely) and software to accompany at retail
costs. Seems to be the attitude of many of the software companies.
(National Instruments is releasing nearly full function, from my
understanding, student version of Lab View. Microsoft, from my
experience, offers generous discounts to educational institutions and
there are others-).
Steve
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Steve Mahan 615-974-7847
Molecular Systems Laboratory
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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| Re: IDL for Linux(PC-UNIX) [message #3293 is a reply to message #3292] |
Tue, 20 December 1994 14:27 |
uphlabh
Messages: 8
Registered: December 1994
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In article <SNOZAWA.94Dec19151321@stecpu2.helios1.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp>,
Satoshi Nozawa <snozawa@helios1.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp> wrote:
> Dear IDL user.
>
> I use Linux system in IBM-PC.
> Is IDL system supported for Linux(PC-Unix)(or *BSD)? Future?
>
> Thank you.
>
> snozawa
I talked to the RSI representatives (the guys who bring you IDL) this
last spring at a Solar Physics meeting in Baltimore. I wanted them to
port their stuff to a FreeBSD box. The response I got was that for the
price I paid for my machine (with the extra ram, the nice monitor and
the video card) I could darn near get a real workstation that is
supported by RSI.
That was hard to counter, I paid $5K at the time for my machine. I was
also led to believe if there was a market for it, they would probably be
willing to port their stuff to another platform. Are there many other
people out there interested in this, considering the large price tag
associated with IDL?
Regards,
Brian Handy
handy@sxt4.oscs.montana.edu
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