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- From: rsignell@crusty.er.usgs.gov (Richard P. Signell)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
- Subject: Empty Pockets
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.203823.13152@netnews.whoi.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 20:38:23 GMT
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- Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA
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- rzepa@ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) writes:
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- > An alternative [to AVS and the AVS Chemistry Viewer] is Explorer from SGI,
- > which certainly costs less than AVS.
-
- and later....
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- rzepa@ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) writes:
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- > I would also mention that both AVS and Chemistry viewer are not CHEAP!
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- C'mon now Henry, how much did you spend for that last piece of lab
- equipment that you bought? Or how much did you spend getting your
- programmer to develop a X-window application that would draw a line
- from Point A to Point B? And how much did you spend on your speedy
- SGI box? A lot more than $6500 bucks, I'll bet. AVS costs a lot
- of money compared a $89 program for the PC, but if you view it as
- a scientific tool, it ain't that expensive. I certainly wouldn't choose
- Explorer just because it's free if you buy an SGI machine!
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