Science nerds beware!

[worker201]

Not sure if you know this or not:

I was checking out the Rockware software catalog (http://www.rockware.com), looking at pro geology programs that cost more than a new computer.  Boy, was I ever surprised to find out that Windows is like a defacto standard for this kind of stuff.  Maybe 5% of all programs in the catalog are available for a Mac and 10% are *nix compatible.  And you have to assume that these are high end programs that would tax most emulators.

I wasn't planning on buying any $3k water chemistry analyzers, but dammit, somebody is going to buy them, and they are going to install them on Winboxes.  Once day this site is going to be flooded with complaints from hydrologists and petrochemists who want to switch but just can't.  Kinda like the gamers now.

[Laukev7]

Cripes, I thought Macs and UNIX were very popular in science. Depends on branches, I guess.

[jasonlane]

I also thought that Sun still had influence in the sciences?

[asianChick]

If they release their source, someone in the Open Source Community will port it to linux. Unfortunately, most companies refuse   . Even HP who claims to support Linux refuse to release their freakin printer drivers. >  

Anyway, someone is bound to create a program similar to the one you are looking for, just keep your eye on Source Forge (SourceForge.Net).

=^_^= AsianChick =^_^=