| Re: IDL for Linux(PC-UNIX) [message #3292 is a reply to message #3288] |
Tue, 20 December 1994 17:43   |
mahan
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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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