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Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP [message #4400 is a reply to message #4279]

Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00

heard
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In Article <3po7rp$m8l@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, kspencer@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Kevin
Spencer) wrote:
> I regret RSI's decision to require dongles with IDL for Windows.
> But, at least we have an alternative. If VNI doesn't take this
> route, they may lock up the market for IDL/PV-Wave on PCs.
>

I agree. We had one piece of software that required a dongle, when we
finally did lose it we didn't replace it, we just bought another piece of
software that didn't use them. Unfortunately for us, replacing IDL wouldn't
be so easy to do. Wave just doesn't seem to have the same capabilities that
IDL has. Mathematica and Maple are great for symbolic math, but forget data
analysis. MatLab is good, but better for theoreticians than analysts.

You can certainly understand RSI's wanting to protect their investment, but
there must be a way around using these dongles. I personally might not be
affected by this since I use a Mac and an SGI, but the mere thought of
having to plug in one of these things, particularly on a portable, was
horrifying enough to make me want to reply.

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Garry J. Heard
heard@edrd.dnd.ca

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		IDL 4.0 & HASP By: kletzing on Wed, 17 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: thompson on Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: kletzing on Mon, 22 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: zawodny on Mon, 22 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: Mark Hadfield on Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: kspencer on Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: gurman on Sat, 20 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: wart on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: rep2857 on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: patterso on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		RE: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: mallozzi on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: patterso on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: Andy Jones on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: thompson on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: lmudge on Fri, 26 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: Joel Smith on Wed, 24 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: patterso on Wed, 24 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: heard on Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: fskmjm on Wed, 31 May 1995 00:00

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