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Re: Is there a cheap implementation of IDL [message #7325 is a reply to message #7274]

Thu, 31 October 1996 00:00

Joseph M Zawodny
Messages: 24
Registered: March 1996

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David Gunter wrote:
>
> Ashley Unitt (aunitt@mail.bogo.co.uk) wrote:
> : I want to be able to run IDL cheaply.
> :
> : Are there any shareware / freeware / cheap implementations available?
> :
> : Thanks in advance.
> :
> : Ashley
>
> The last IDL newsletter I saw (volume 6 no. 1) mentioned the availablility of
> educational pricing. It expired on June 30th according to the notice, but
> perhaps they'll extend this pricing again. For info they list Donna Carr at
> donna@rsinc.com or 303.786.9900 by phone. No actual price is listed in the
> letter.

Yes, but there is educational pricing and then there is educational
pricing.
Case in point, AutoCAD normally costs in the vicinity of $3K.
Educational
versions with full functionality can be had for $175! It does make
sense to
let the "kids" learn it at little or no cost and then they'll convince
their
employers to buy it at "retail" when they graduate and get jobs. Now I
have
always maintained that is also makes sense to have a similar discount
for
users to have a home copy. While this has been offered to folks who run
Linux (and perhaps more recently for PCs) it was still price, in my
estimation,
too high at $500. If it were $200, I'd buy it for home.

Just another $0.02,

JMZ

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		Is there a cheap implementation of IDL By: aunitt on Thu, 24 October 1996 00:00
		Re: Is there a cheap implementation of IDL By: Joseph M Zawodny on Thu, 31 October 1996 00:00
		Re: Is there a cheap implementation of IDL By: David Foster on Thu, 31 October 1996 00:00
		Re: Is there a cheap implementation of IDL By: steinhh on Wed, 30 October 1996 00:00
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		Re: Is there a cheap implementation of IDL By: Tim Patterson on Wed, 30 October 1996 00:00
		Re: Is there a cheap implementation of IDL By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 30 October 1996 00:00

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