Cytometry Companies and the Internet

From: Keith Bahjat (kbahjat@ufl.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 08 2000 - 12:49:25 EST


Which raises an interesting point we were discussing earlier this week. As
the software that controls our cytometers, like Cellquest and EXPO, require
hardware dongles, and thus are VERY secure, why do the companies still make
us jump through hoops to get updated copies?? They could post the update on
a web site, and save the cost of having those 5000 CD's burnt every time you
upgrade to version X.X.1. The WHOLE CD with all of BD's sample files and
documentation on it is still only 40 Mb! That's not even a 7 minute download
at only 100K/sec.

Hope someone out there is listening. I think we've all got enough useless
AOL, Compuserve, and Earthlink CD's laying around. We don't need CD's from
cytometry companies on top of that. Post it on a web site.......PLEASE!

kb

Keith Bahjat
kbahjat@ufl.edu



on 4/7/00 4:28 PM, Joanne Thomas at thomas@tritechinc.com wrote:

Hi All!
We have been trying to purchase the new version of CellQuest which is
supposed to address the OS 9 issues and have been told that it is on back
order for some time now. Has anyone else had a problem getting version
3.3???

Joanne Thomas, M.S.
Director of Operations
TRITECH Field Engineering
2014 Renard Court, Suite I
Annapolis, MD  21401
1-800-886-7004 (USA)
1-410-266-1522
410-266-0935 (FAX)
thomas@tritechinc.com



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