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which *nix will RSI nix next? [message #27427]

Tue, 23 October 2001 17:13

Richard French
Messages: 173
Registered: December 2000

Senior Member

I am still stunned by RSI's decision to cut out
so many established UNIX platforms. I noticed in
the 5.5 release that, not only is Alpha True64
ending up in the trash can (so much for all of
us old DEC users who have relied on IDL for a
decade), but IBM unix stations are being
'considered' for possible sacrifice next time
around (at least, that is how I read their
statement).

Loss of cross-platform compatibility is one
big loss, of course, but another is the fear
that whatever choice one makes for a replacement
to an abandoned flavor of UNIX will be the next
one on RSI's list of unprofitable systems. They
want to concentrate on their 'core constituents'
but they don't give any indication of which
system they consider their highest priority. Do
any of you want to invest $10K in a new firebreathing
commercial workstation from Sun, only to find in
three years that RSI doesn't think it is sufficiently
profitable to stay on the select list of supported
systems?

I've been using IDL for work on the NASA Cassini
mission to Saturn. I've been telling my colleagues
for years that its great strength is that IDL
code is portable across operating systems. So
much for that argument. I think we will have
to change to MATLAB, much as I don't want to.

I wish there were a way to get a straight answer
on this from RSI. It is a serious question. I am
deeply disappointed.

Dick French
Astronomy Dept
Wellesley College.

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		which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Richard French on Tue, 23 October 2001 17:13
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Dennis Boccippio on Wed, 24 October 2001 08:58
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Richard Cooke on Wed, 24 October 2001 08:01
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:06
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Joseph B. Gurman on Mon, 29 October 2001 12:56
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 25 October 2001 09:22
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Francis Burton on Tue, 30 October 2001 05:16
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Dennis Boccippio on Mon, 29 October 2001 17:17
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Ken Mankoff on Mon, 29 October 2001 14:39
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: K. Bowman on Mon, 29 October 2001 14:29
		Re: which *nix will RSI nix next? By: Richard French on Mon, 29 October 2001 13:50

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