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[mailto:fedora-devel-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Kyrre Ness Sjobak
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:55 PM
To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core
Subject: Re: Killer apps/"selling" points of FC and GNU/Linux
ons, 17.11.2004 kl. 18.38 skrev Tim Daly:
Sean,
I believe that an open science platform is the kind of killer app
you're looking for which will, gradually, convince a fair sized
group of people to use linux.
First, since is an open enterprise by philosophy (if not in fact).
Second, there are a large number of freely available scientific apps
Third, a LiveCD kind of platform can introduce a science platform to
students and professors at minimal impact and cost (Quantian is an
example).
Fourth, introducing students to these science apps creates a growing
pool of people who learn and learn to need linux to support their skills.
It will take time but there has already been some discussion of the
concept with RedHat. It would be of interest to them because it opens
up the educational market at minimal cost. It also opens up the science
conference market at the same minimal cost (distribution of LiveCDs).
It is also of interest to developers of these packages because they
have the "leverage" of being included in these distributions and a
common method of sharing code and research work.
Such systems we've termed "Doyen systems" (a doyen is the senior or
most experienced person in a group). An effort is underway to build
such a science platform using a LiveCD for distribution and a Wiki
for the host portion of the system.
This won't attract everyone but it has the key aspect of attracting
students, similar to the advantage Unix had in its early life.
Tim Daly
While you are mentioning it - where can i find such scientific apps? I
am perticurlary interested in a chemistry drawing app (have you ever
tried drawing organic molecules in OO? Don't even think about it...),
and maybe a free math thingy similar to matematica. A user-friendly
frontend to gnuplot which has the capability to export images would also
be nice.
Check out there are all sorts of Chem Programs @
http://zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl/~nikodem/linux4chemistry.html
Including drawing programChemistry 4-D Draw for Java
My school might also be looking for a Linux app to drive their
datalogging equipment (don't ask me what they are... Looks like little
black boxes which is connected to USB, with two Jack and three "DIN"
like inputs in front, where you plug in the acctual equipment, such as
distance/speed/acceleration-meters, temperature-sensors, pH-meters etc.)
And on top of all of those demands - it would be nice to get them by
RPM. Plug'n'play (pray?) software installation.
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