RE: Responses to Unix vs Windows NT

From: T. Pratum (pratum@u.washington.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 13:59:49 PST


>
> You can probably be quite sure that somewhere on this planet, it already
> exists in Linux format. Unfortunately, Linux software is all sold at very
> low price (like word perfect for Linux), so Bruker would only get away with
> it if they more or less gave the software away, something that I can't see
> happening in the near future.
>
I disagree that Bruker would have to give the software away. Why wouldn't
we be willing to pay the same amount for the Linux version as for the NT
or SGI versions? I really do hope that Bruker gets it together and jumps
on Linux.
My 1.5 cents.

 
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