xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) (06/15/90)
In article <9051@wehi.dn.mu.oz>, BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes... ^EMAIL SURVEY: Data Plotting on the Amiga ^ ^People with a use for a data plotting program were asked to reply. ^The name of any currently used program was requested. ^ ^Number of responses: 27 (including one department) [statistics deleted] ^ ^Comments: ^ ^That seems like a fair number of respondents and I am aware of others ^who are interested but did not respond. I still suspect there is not ^a commercially viable market for a graph plotting program on the Amiga ^because: ^ Few people plot graphs ^ Those that do have access to other machines to do it. ^ Those that do tend to be poor (ie students). Hmmm...perhaps there won't be a market until someone puts out a package that that is as good as the stuff on other machines. The Amiga is a good platform for science work except for the lack of tools to display data. Places may just by Amigas to do Tex and you might get buyers from there. ^ ^Another problem for a commercial publisher would be the badly fragmented ^market. While a few people would be happy with rudimentary features ^(like Cricket graph), many people wanted aesoteric features without any ^insight into the unlikelihood of their being well used. A start is a start. Since I'm not heavily involved with the science work here I'm not entirely sure what they need. I have seen cricket on our macs so they may use it here. Either way if there isn't capability it makes getting any Amigas tougher. ^ ^Qustions/comments about Multiplot will be answered in a separate posting ^or by email. ^ ^Hope this was of interest, ^ ^Regards Alan NT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.
BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz (06/15/90)
EMAIL SURVEY: Data Plotting on the Amiga People with a use for a data plotting program were asked to reply. The name of any currently used program was requested. Number of responses: 27 (including one department) Programs used (number of responses): Multiplot 6 Own Program 3 PlPlot/ListPlot 2 MatLab 1 PageStream 1 Draw2000 1 DataPlot 1 People who have given up plotting on the Amiga: 6 Where they went: Mainframe (unspec) 2 PC 2 Unix 1 Mac 1 People actively working on graph plotting programs: 3 One person is porting GNUPlot, one was, but gave up. The others are working on independantly derived code. Features requested: High res output 5 Integration/diff equns 3 Log/semi-log plots 3 Error bars 3 Free/nearly free 3 Histograms 2 ARexx interface 2 Interactive labelling 2 Plot functions & data 1 3D scatter graphs 1 Multiple graph types 1 Polar plots 1 Handle e notation 1 On screen data manipn 1 Colour points by 3rd param 1 Comments: That seems like a fair number of respondents and I am aware of others who are interested but did not respond. I still suspect there is not a commercially viable market for a graph plotting program on the Amiga because: Few people plot graphs Those that do have access to other machines to do it. Those that do tend to be poor (ie students). Another problem for a commercial publisher would be the badly fragmented market. While a few people would be happy with rudimentary features (like Cricket graph), many people wanted aesoteric features without any insight into the unlikelihood of their being well used. Qustions/comments about Multiplot will be answered in a separate posting or by email. Hope this was of interest, Regards Alan