All those requests were ignored until Cytomation started listening.
Akos
Biogen
"Swartzendruber, Douglas" <Douglas.Swartzendruber@pepperdine.edu> on
08/15/2001 04:28:15 PM
To: cyto-inbox
cc:
Subject: RE: Automated Flow/96 well plate etc.
Interesting - same song, different verse. Decades ago, many 'voices' got
together to try and convince BD and Coulter that their systems should be
interfaced with pc's and/or macs rather than to their own in-house systems;
[out-house would be more descriptive]. However, when folks would no longer
purchase their systems, and were writing their own software to make things
run, and started companies to do the same, the situation changed. Thus,
Purchase Orders speak much louder than 'voices.'
Swartzendruber
-----Original Message-----
From: Mostowski, Howard S. [mailto:mostowski@cber.fda.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:47 PM
To: cyto-inbox
Subject: Automated Flow/96 well plate etc.
Hey automated flow jocks and jockettes,
Where were you hiding when I was trying to persuade B-D to step-up
the technology on their plate analyzer. The fact is that the FACSMate is a
very good and reliable instrument, to bad it runs on Lysis software and on
the old H/P. There fore like everyone else who utilized the FACSMate, we
had to run two different systems, transfer and convert data. Why? B-D
claimed no one out there had a need for automated flowcytometry. The
stories I heard ranged from B-D did not want us to do our assays in 96 well
plates, because you would need less antibody-less profit, to some outside
individual owned the patient and was not giving in to B-D.
Take your choice, bottom line we out here are hurting by this slow
progress.
Last month the hard drive went on my old H/P. The FACSMate was
still running fine [just have to keep it clean]. All I would need is the
software to run it on the Mac. No go. Having no avenues to turn to I
was
forced to buy B-D's new plate sampler for 35K; which I am still waiting
for.
Come on Mario R. get that thing to work I'm getting killed here. Yes it is
about time we all screamed with one voice, maybe with competition someone
will listen when the dollar is involved. Instead of trying to invent
something "cut" for the cytometry world, how about something practical.
Howard S. Mostowski
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