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Re: IMSL coming to IDL [message #50080 is a reply to message #49982]

Thu, 31 August 2006 09:02

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"Haje Korth" <haje.korth@jhuapl.edu> wrote in message
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> I doubt that IMSL will be included for free in the next IDL version. In
> defense of ITTVIS, the excessive licensing cost is not just their
> fault. Having bought IMSL previously bundled with a Fortran comiler, my
> guess is that they fork out half of the license price to VNI. Left is
> $500 for ITTVIS for a 560kB DLM (plus IDL wrappers). Hey, that's less
> than $1 per kilobyte of code. :-)
>
> Anyway, I am testing the IMSL lib and my first impression is that I
> like what I see. The question is in the end whether I can justify the
> spending.

I am wondering if this is a "one time purchase" where I can
buy IMSL and use it forever, or if they will try to bone me
up the @** with a yearly maintenance bleeding (for useless
cosmetic upgrades)

-bob

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		IMSL coming to IDL By: Haje Korth on Wed, 23 August 2006 09:38
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: David Fanning on Thu, 31 August 2006 10:07
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Haje Korth on Thu, 31 August 2006 10:05
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Haje Korth on Thu, 31 August 2006 10:01
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Haje Korth on Thu, 31 August 2006 09:59
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Ben Panter on Thu, 31 August 2006 09:22
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: David Fanning on Thu, 31 August 2006 09:07
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: news.qwest.net on Thu, 31 August 2006 09:02
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: savoie on Thu, 31 August 2006 08:44
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Haje Korth on Thu, 31 August 2006 07:40
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Benjamin Hornberger on Thu, 31 August 2006 07:27
		Re: IMSL coming to IDL By: Haje Korth on Mon, 18 September 2006 10:26

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