On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:59:08 -0600, Robin Laing <robin.laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sebastiaan Waanders wrote: > >>A nice alternative for Matlab would be Octave [1]. However, there is a > >>linux-build for Matlab. This is not free software, however... > >> > >>Good luck, and if you find some more alternatives... > >> > >>regards, > >>-sebastiaan > >> > > > > whoops... here's the link: http://www.octave.org > > > > This is another one that I couldn't think of at the time. > > Do a bit of googling and you may find what you need. > > Where I work, we are looking more and more to open source. It ensures > that any work we do will be able to be accessed in the future. > > -- > Robin Laing > Thanks for all the replies. Although i also think open source programs have certain (mayor) benifits, i'm not sure if using alternatives to the programs that i have listed is a good idea. Because most of the time i'm not working alone, but working with other people that still use the ' original ' software, provided by the faculty. So i have to make sure that i stay 100 % compatible with the others. So I'll try VMware and the others first. Speaking of compatibility, Microsoft Word - files. I've read some things on the internet about this * wonderful * format. Is it true that only Microsoft Office can read .doc files, or can for example OpenOffice or StarOffice also use these files ( and by using i mean : Can I read my fellow-student's files, and can they read mine? ) Harm-Tido
