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Re: IDL [message #2008 is a reply to message #296]

Fri, 13 May 1994 09:26

neri
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In article <2quej9$afq@news.bu.edu> anders@uss-enterprise.bu.edu (Anders M Jorgensen) writes:
> [ Article crossposted from sci.astro.research ]
> [ Author was Luca Fini ]
> [ Posted on 12 May 1994 10:02:50 -0500 ]
>
>
> Now we are going to make a major upgrade of uor network of SparcStations,
> we are moving form SunOS4.1.1 to Solaris 2.3.
> Looking around to find new versions of the licenced pakages we have
> (Autocad, Matlab, and others) we have experienced pretty good interactions
> with vendors: all of them will provide the new versions of their packages
> at special "upgrade" prices (we usually have not software maintenance
> contracts), *EXCEPT* for IDL. They simply want to sell us a new package
> from scratch.
>
> My question is: is this a problem due to the Italian reseller, or is it a
> general policy of RSI ?
>

My experience has been otherwise. Get on maintenance, ($400 US) and its
done. They even let me trade in an old PDP-11 IDL license for
substantial credit when I purchased my workstation version. It sounds
like the local reseller is trying to fund his retirement off of you.

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