| Re: IDL and sqlite [message #63571 is a reply to message #63460] |
Fri, 14 November 2008 16:45   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Rick Towler writes:
> And maybe they *are* seeing this in sales as there are 10 new users for
> every one like me so IDL sales will only grow
Any conspiracy buffs out there?
I got to thinking about Rick's last post as I was folding
my laundry and trying to calm down after that crack about
"sounding like David". Here is the interesting thing:
every time I am around an ITTVIS person I ask the question,
"Who are you selling this...well, let me say, "stuff"...
to?" And I have yet to receive an answer.
Now, I find that interesting. ITTVIS seldom fails to answer
my questions, but this is one I have started to ask more
pointedly as I have noticed it is never answered. Last week
I got the answer "Maybe ITTVIS doesn't want you to know who
their customers are."
Now, that might be a pretty good answer, if I was competing
with them for business, like I used to, but it doesn't much
apply anymore. And, heck, I don't want to do any business
with anyone buying IDL for iTools anyway, so...
And then, as I was folding my underwear and thinking it
might be time to help the economy out by making a few
purchases, it all became clear to me...
The last time I was up to ITTVIS I had a very hard time
getting inside. No one even answers the phone when you
call the company. If you don't know the name of the person
you want to talk to, you are SOL. All black ops and recorded
messages. And then someone mentioned that part of the second
floor was off limits even to ITTVIS employees. Some kind of
super-secret deal going on behind closed doors.
Plus, I was talking to the organizers of the IDL User's Group
meeting, and they mentioned they were doing another meeting just
like it in the Washington area, but that it was closed to the
public. The only way to get in was to have a Secret Clearance.
So, here is what I think. Homeland Security has a HUGE contract
with ITTVIS to produce some super-secret software (probably with
ENVI). Those hapless souls don't have a clue about software and
probably lap the iTool stuff up. (I think I mentioned earlier
that "software consulting" was the fastest growing part of ITTVIS's
business.) Do you see where I am going with this? They don't need
us. They aren't even selling this stuff to us. And they don't want
us to know WHO they are selling it to.
Boy, it's all clear now!
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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