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Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE [message #110 is a reply to message #109]

Fri, 03 May 1991 09:57

ramesh
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Registered: February 1991

Junior Member

In article <288@venice.water.ca.gov> rfinch@caldwr.water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch) writes:
>
> I am frankly not happy with PVI's handling of their version of IDL.
> It costs a lot more than IDL and any significant additions they have
> added, such as Widgets or Point-and-Click, cost yet extra! Besides
> which PVI seems hung up on Sunview interfaces. I'd sure like to see
> some work done with Openwindows.

I agree with the consensus that Point-and-Click is neither very exciting
nor convenient for those real programmers who prefer the CLI (command
line interface) but it offers some "user-friendliness" to those who are
easily intimidated by having to learn and memorize commands.

I too think that PVI is getting "a little" greedy in the prices they
are asking for Point-and-Click. Methinks they should have offered it
at much lower prices to existing users of Wave who are on the software
maintenance contracts ;-> .

The version of PV Wave I have (3.01) supports the OpenWindows interface.

>> In IDL's newletter, they also
>> indicate that they are working on a DOS version of IDL and a network
>> floating license.

Graphics Visualization on a 486 platform??!! Come on, let's get real.
But then again it depends upon you application, I guess.

>> IDL Ver 2.1 also has a Statistics Package and some
>> mapping and gridding routines also with a simple coastline database.

I can go for that.

> PVI: are you listening? How about statistics, DOS, and so on? How
> about providing *real* value for all the extra $$$'s your customers
> are paying? How about at *least* telling your customers where you are
> headed, especially with the split that just took place. I would
> really rather hear about these things from you, rather than from the
> Usenet (thank God for the net though).

Yes, Peter [Hallet]. Are you there!?

Ramesh Viswanathan
"The Trouble Rebel"
Environmental Research Center
Universiy of Nevada-Las Vegas

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		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: zador-anthony on Tue, 07 May 1991 15:36
		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: churchill on Mon, 06 May 1991 03:57
		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: churchill on Sun, 05 May 1991 02:52
		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: ramesh on Fri, 03 May 1991 09:57
		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: rfinch on Fri, 03 May 1991 07:39
		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: plonski on Thu, 02 May 1991 20:28
		Re: Relationship between IDL and PVWAVE By: rfinch on Fri, 03 May 1991 18:26

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