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Re: Unhappy plotter [message #48335 is a reply to message #48192]

Thu, 06 April 2006 18:22

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Andrew Cool writes:

> We've expressed our interest in Catalyst to you.
> But you've yet to provide proof of the pudding...

Yes, it's a problem... :-(

It seems an iffy financial investment. *Everyone* would
be interested in it for free, I guess. But I have already
invested two years of work in it, and it would take another
six months, probably, to get it ready for someone else to use.
And every time I start to work on it, tuition dollars start
flashing in front of my eyes.

If you have a suggestion that will help turn it into cash,
I'm all ears. It's tough to see something this useful go
to waste.

To tell you the truth, though, I think my run with IDL
is almost over. I'm not interested in iTools and the
direction IDL is going these days. I haven't renewed
my maintenance contract, and see no particular reason
to do so. There hasn't been much new in IDL that
excites me or the people I work with in quite some time.
Catalyst is old school. RSI will, I think, never provide decent
fonts for direct graphics applications. What's the point
of finishing it? I could invest another $50K of my time
to finish it and reap the $50 a year I average in PayPal
contributions, but I think my poor wife has had enough.

I'd be further ahead, I think, going back to science
communication, a field I *thought* I was starting out
in 20 years ago. If you had a job for a science writer/editor
there in Aussie you can bet I would be all over it!

At one time I thought I could never just close the web
page and logout of this newsgroup. But now, I'm not so
sure. I've been looking for a new job. If it comes along,
I think I am out of here. I'll leave this job to Antonio
and Robbie and all those other young guys who find iTools
so exciting. :-)

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		Unhappy plotter By: Cliff on Thu, 06 April 2006 15:41
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 07 April 2006 09:51
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: Cliff on Wed, 19 April 2006 14:42
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: Rick Towler on Fri, 07 April 2006 09:08
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: David Fanning on Fri, 07 April 2006 06:06
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: Jo Klein on Fri, 07 April 2006 04:07
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: liamgumley on Fri, 07 April 2006 02:56
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: Robbie on Thu, 06 April 2006 20:03
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: David Fanning on Thu, 06 April 2006 18:22
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: Andrew Cool on Thu, 06 April 2006 17:15
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: David Fanning on Thu, 06 April 2006 16:01
		Re: Unhappy plotter By: David Fanning on Wed, 19 April 2006 16:43

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