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Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? [message #27515 is a reply to message #27427]

Wed, 24 October 2001 08:01

Richard Cooke
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Registered: October 2001

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Not to worry, IDL will not turn its back on its cross platform roots. AIX
has strong following in Europe and we are working closely with IBM to ensure
continued support for IDL on this platform. We are also very close to
finishing our investigation of whether or not we can provide a
unix/x-windows implementation for Mac OS X (which looks promising at the
moment) that will allow us to continue to economically support the Macintosh
platform. Don't read too much into this situation. Unix platforms by and
large are fairly inexpensive to support. With Compaq's announcement that
they are abandoning the Alpha chip we sort of saw the writing on the wall
(aside from the fact that very few of our customers actually buy licenses
for this platform). And remember also that the market demand for platforms
will drive many of the decisions we all make about what we do and don't do
going forward.

We are committed to finding a solution that works for our customers on the
Mac, if we can just have a few more days to sort some things out I think we
can come out with some positive news.

"Richard G. French" <rfrench@wellesley.edu> wrote in message
news:3BD60799.191320B2@wellesley.edu...
> I am still stunned by RSI's decision to cut out
> so many established UNIX platforms. I noticed in
> the 5.5 release that, not only is Alpha True64
> ending up in the trash can (so much for all of
> us old DEC users who have relied on IDL for a
> decade), but IBM unix stations are being
> 'considered' for possible sacrifice next time
> around (at least, that is how I read their
> statement).

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		which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Richard French on Tue, 23 October 2001 17:13
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Dennis Boccippio on Wed, 24 October 2001 08:58
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Richard Cooke on Wed, 24 October 2001 08:01
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:06
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Joseph B. Gurman on Mon, 29 October 2001 12:56
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 25 October 2001 09:22
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Francis Burton on Tue, 30 October 2001 05:16
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Dennis Boccippio on Mon, 29 October 2001 17:17
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Ken Mankoff on Mon, 29 October 2001 14:39
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: K. Bowman on Mon, 29 October 2001 14:29
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Richard French on Mon, 29 October 2001 13:50

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