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Re: Mac OSX [message #27018 is a reply to message #27014]

Mon, 08 October 2001 10:59

K. Bowman
Messages: 330
Registered: May 2000

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I know it's bad form to reply to one's own posting, but what the heck
...

I would like to suggest that everyone who would like to see IDL run
under Mac OS X contact RSI directly and ask them to reconsider their
decision to drop OS X support. A snail-mail letter will likely have
more effect, but please e-mail rather than doing nothing.

Contact Information:
Research Systems, Inc.
4990 Pearl East Circle
Boulder, CO 80301
USA

info@rsinc.com

I tracked down the original press release and have copied it below.

Ken

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Bernice Borrelli Matthew Powell
Eastman Kodak Company Research Systems, Inc.
716-726-5214 (voice) 303-413-3906 (voice)
716-253-5725 (fax) 303-786-9909 (fax)
Bernice.borrelli@kodak.com mpowell@rsinc.com
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Research Systems, Inc. Announces IDL for Mac OS X

First major rewrite of IDL since the original Mac version in 1993

BOULDER, Colo. - March 21, 2001 - Research Systems, Inc., a leading
global developer of data visualization and application development
software, announced today they plan to release IDLï¿½, the Interactive
Data Language, for Mac OS X.

"Both companies offer world class solutions and we feel IDL on Mac OS X
will enable our customers to solve their problems and achieve their
goals faster and easier than before," said Mike Scally, CEO of Research
Systems. "Mac OS X brings the speed, stability and power of Unix to
IDL's Macintosh users. In combination with the G4 processor with
Velocity Engine and hardware OpenGL support on cutting edge graphic
accelerators, IDL on Mac OS X is a best-of-class scientific
visualization application."

"Built on an open-source Unix-based foundation and offering features
such as OpenGL for spectacular 3D graphics, Mac OS X delivers
unprecedented stability and is the most technically advanced personal
computer operating system ever," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice
president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We are thrilled with
Research Systems' support of Mac OS X, and IDL on Mac OS X will be a
visualization application the scientific community will appreciate."

Research Systems' other products built on IDL will also support Mac OS
X including ENVIï¿½ (Environment for Visualizing Images),
RiverToolsï¿½(hydrology and terrain analysis), and VIPï¿½ (Visual IDL
Programming). This Mac OS X port will be based on IDL and plans include
a fully native reimplementation of IDL for Mac OS X using the Cocoa
frameworks. It will provide increased performance and stability with
plans for support of the Aqua interface, multi-processing, and
extensive Velocity Engine integration. Compatibility for previous IDL
versions on all platforms will be retained, allowing .pro code for
Windows to run on the Mac with faster speed.

IDL for Mac OS X will also leverage the BSD underpinnings of Mac OS X
and provide support for some of the best features available in the Unix
operating system without the complexity of Unix programming. Some of
these features include preemptive multi-processing, protected memory,
networking ability and high-speed I/O.

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		Re: Mac OSX By: K. Bowman on Tue, 09 October 2001 12:17
		Re: Mac OSX By: Noam R. Izenberg on Tue, 09 October 2001 11:08
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Tue, 09 October 2001 10:54
		Re: Mac OSX By: Dick Jackson on Tue, 09 October 2001 10:44
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Tue, 09 October 2001 09:49
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Tue, 09 October 2001 09:24
		Re: Mac OSX By: Noam R. Izenberg on Tue, 09 October 2001 08:59
		Re: Mac OSX By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 09 October 2001 08:02
		Re: Mac OSX By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 09 October 2001 07:26
		Re: Mac OSX By: Ian Dean on Tue, 09 October 2001 01:28
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Mon, 08 October 2001 21:14
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Mon, 08 October 2001 13:35
		Re: Mac OSX By: K. Bowman on Mon, 08 October 2001 10:59
		Re: Mac OSX By: K. Bowman on Mon, 08 October 2001 10:12
		Re: Mac OSX By: John-David T. Smith on Mon, 08 October 2001 09:57
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Mon, 08 October 2001 09:19
		Re: Mac OSX By: Paul Woodford on Tue, 09 October 2001 19:44
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Tue, 09 October 2001 13:55
		Re: Mac OSX By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 09 October 2001 13:58
		Re: Mac OSX By: colinr on Wed, 10 October 2001 04:57
		Re: Mac OSX By: Dennis Boccippio on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:20
		Re: Mac OSX By: R.Bauer on Wed, 10 October 2001 00:34

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