From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 14 9: 7:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0412D37B442 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:07:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 16Evnm-000Gnq-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:07:14 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id fBEH7EI13752 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:07:14 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:07:14 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Who writes the esoteric scientific Unix apps? Message-ID: <20011214170714.A13736@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org We hear so often that high-end Unix worstations are used for advanced scientific applications. The biggest of the big iron usually goes to weather/finance forecasting and especially nuclear research. Who writes these apps? Specialized software companies or in-house developers? Are they batch-based, command line apps or GUI driven? jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message