Re: National Labs, Fortran, and free compilers

From: Dan Nagle (dnagle_at_erols.com)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:12:01 -0500

Hello,

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:51:44 -0600, "Gary L. Scott"
<garyscott@ev1.net> wrote:

<snip>
>
>The bottom line is of course the only thing important. It costs more to
>have to support multiple platforms. More training, more integration
>headaches.

The bottom line is the cost of the software. Support costs,
ease of hiring, et al. are means to the end, not the end itself.

Of course, it's easy to imagine that "My Desk Is the Center
of the Universe" ;-) 

-- 
Cheers!
Dan Nagle
Purple Sage Computing Solutions, Inc.

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