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> Brian,
>   I am happy to see that at least one other user or potential user of Khoros
> is also concerned about and HDF interface. Unfortunately, you are the only
> person who has responded to my message other than the Khoros developers.
> Basically they said that an HDF interface may be considered for V2.0, however
> there is no guarantee. Also, there are always conversion programs available
> for translating between formats. 
> 
> I don't know about you but having to pass our files through filters to use
> Khoros is really not an acceptable solution for us. One of the reasons we
> chose to go with a format such as HDF was so that we would not have to keep
> translating when passing files among different machine architectures. I do
> believe they could be making a mistake by not providing an interface.  
> 
> So, I don't know if I was of much help but we should keep in touch if either
> of us hear more. Thanks for your interest and good luck.
> 
> Andy Pursch
> 
Andy, 
 Thanks for the reply.  I do not think we're alone on this. I've been tracking
mail lately and there is a definite ground swell on interest. 

Its unfortunate if Khoros does not 'get with it' on
this one.  EOS for one is a BIG project which in the next few years will
bloom substantially. Khoros, by remaining free to the user community is 
in a great position if they get with it now.  Even a commitment at this
point would carry a lot of weight with the people here at NASA.  IDL
has jumped on it and from what I've heard it was not that hard for them...

Thanks,
--Brian

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