From: Thomas Delohery (t-delohery@ski.mskcc.org)
Date: Tue Jul 19 1994 - 23:58:33 EST
For me, the recent discussion regarding BD's "Attractors" software was very entertaining if not informative. One of the more interesting things to come out was the fact that BD doesn't consider ConsortVAX to be a "current" acquisition software. That being the case, I'm calling on BD to do the research community a service and release ConsortVAX to the public domain. The author of CVAX, Bob Murphy, has urged BD to release it to no avail. At least the analysis portions of CVAX (disp4(8), disp2d, hidden, cotfit) could be released in the public domain with a disclaimer by BD saying the software is "unsupported" and they would only be responsible for "supporting" CVAX that people have purchased from BD. The argumentative tone of the "Attractors" discussion shows there is a lot of frustration among the flow community (at least the research folks) with available software. CVAX should be added to WinMDI, MFI and IDLYK as freeware in the public domain so that people with the ability and inclination to improve or adapt the programs to their needs can do so. I remember a couple of years ago on this bulletin board someone requesting Bob to release the CVAX code in the public domain (Leon? in Australia?). If others are interested, I suggest they post something here as it's obvious that BD is listening. tom d. -- ============================================================================== Tom Delohery | Internet: t-delohery@ski.mskcc.org Manager, Flow Cytometry Core Facility | Phone: (212) 639-8729 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Fax: (212) 794-4019 ==============================================================================
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