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Re: support (lack thereof) for Mac version of IDL5.5.1 [message #28476 is a reply to message #28446]

Wed, 12 December 2001 08:06

Judy Karpen
Messages: 2
Registered: December 2001

Junior Member

Sorry JD, but that doesnt excuse charging big bucks for buggy software. If it
were released ages ago and I just found some minor remaining bugs, I'd agree
there is no reason for them to fix it. However, v5.5 was released quite
recently with bugs (and the patch 5.5.1 introduced other bugs while fixing
the READ problem), so IMHO RSI still owes it to users to make it work.

I'm not holding my breath for the OSX version, either..... As long as
Retrospect and other useful software/hardware don't work under OSX, many Mac
users are delaying the switch from OS9.x. BTW, you can be snide if you wish,
but it's YOUR (the taxpayers') money that is being wasted here -- I'm a US
government employee, so my IDL license etc is paid for out of a gov't grant.
And I still feel ripped off even though it isn't "my" money.....

JD Smith wrote:

> [quote snipped]

> I do hate to quench a grassroots movement so early in its life cycle,
> but you should know that v5.5 is the last Mac version being released:
> this code is being end-of-lifed. Luckily, the MacOSX-as-Unix version of
> IDL will be released sometime soon, no doubt providing a fresh supply of
> new bugs to fuel civil unrest.
>
> Good luck,
>
> JD

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		Re: support (lack thereof) for Mac version of IDL5.5.1 By: Richard Younger on Thu, 13 December 2001 10:08
		Re: support (lack thereof) for Mac version of IDL5.5.1 By: Judy Karpen on Wed, 12 December 2001 08:06
		Re: support (lack thereof) for Mac version of IDL5.5.1 By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 11 December 2001 15:40
		Re: support (lack thereof) for Mac version of IDL5.5.1 By: Wolf Schweitzer on Fri, 08 March 2002 07:02

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