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Re: IDL Shareware [message #18548 is a reply to message #18527]

Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00

R.G. Stockwell
Messages: 363
Registered: July 1999

Senior Member

I'm all in favour of shareware.
Shareware is a great idea. You get quality
programs for a very cheap price. You can't beat it.

I'd buy any program that was even a little bit useful,
especially if there was a convenient secure
credit-card-accepting webpage.

I think RSi should step in here and offer up such a page
on their web site (I assume there isn't one now) to
let everyone put there shareware, and have rsi take in
the credit card money, and distribute it to the authors.

The reason I say this (and I do realize that it will
never happen, because like all of my brilliant ideas,
they are somewhat lacking in brilliance) is that IDL
really needs user contributed files. And needs them
organized logically and all in one place. I realize there
are large librarys available on the web, but it is a little
hard to find what you need quickly. It should be
as convenient and fast as possible to purchase/download
the code.

If users contributed more in hopes of getting a little
pocket money (to spend on beer of course), then IDL
becomes a more attractive product.
Also, shareware would invite competiton, and let the users
decide what code is worthwhile. Currently RSI accepts
proposals for toolboxes to be written, but RSI does not
have the expertise to decide who should do what,
as evidenced by their rejection of my proposal ;)

I think if RSI is going to capture a larger market share,
they have to have some to play along with the "toolbox"
marketing scheme (like the much hated (by me) matlab).
I have matlab's latest release, with a whole handful of toolboxes,
and they have more functions that I can count. IDL in comparison
is barren of functions (referring to mostly math/numerical analysis
etc. types of functions).

In fact, you guys* have inspired me. I'll write up two
packages i've been thinking about and shareware them up.
Look for an announcement sometime in early '05!

*(in the non-gender specific usage)

Well, I'm anxiously awaiting the unveiling of
the RSI (or Fanning) shareware page full of
incredibly useful stuff written by everyone who has
ever posted in this newgroup.

adios,
bob

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R.G. Stockwell
Colorado Research Associates
3380 Mitchell Lane
Bouler Co

PS I strongly urge people to not to handicap the code.

PPS hey, the hell with RSi, dfanning.com should put
up the page. Dave deserves more money!

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		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: davidf on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: Mike Schienle on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL Shareware By: ronn on Fri, 14 January 2000 00:00
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