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rzepa@ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) writes:

> An alternative [to AVS and the AVS Chemistry Viewer] is Explorer from SGI,
> which certainly costs less than AVS.

and later....

rzepa@ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) writes:

> I would also mention that both AVS and Chemistry viewer are not CHEAP!

C'mon now Henry, how much did you spend for that last piece of lab
equipment that you bought?  Or how much did you spend getting your
programmer to develop a X-window application that would draw a line 
from Point A to Point B?   And how much did you spend on your speedy 
SGI box?   A lot more than $6500 bucks, I'll bet.  AVS costs a lot
of money compared a $89 program for the PC, but if you view it as 
a scientific tool, it ain't that expensive.  I certainly wouldn't choose
Explorer just because it's free if you buy an SGI machine!
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