Software (additional items from the Survey)

Here it is categorized (re-sorted) list of software that were suggested by IIASA users in addition to the one from  CSC Questionnaire .

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  1. We are using these!
  2. There are some problems
  3. More support required!
  4. We need these!
  5. Who needs that?
  6. Joke? ;-)

We are using these products and just happy (almost)!

adobe acrobat: use: often, adequacy: good, support: good
altavista PC: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
arcview: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
arcview: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
awk: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: good
codebase: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
cuteftp: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
easy plot: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
elm: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
excel: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: not needed
excel '97: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
freelance: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
freelance: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
Fortran 90: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
FoxPro: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
ghostscript, ghostview: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
gs: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: good
gs, gv: use: often, adequacy: good, support: good
Jove: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
jscript: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
laplink: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
lotus 1-2-3 v5: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
MSQuery: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: not needed
netterm: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
numerical recipes: use: often, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
omnipage8: use: often, adequacy: good, support: good
payroll: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
perl: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
perl: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: good
photopnt: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
PowerPoint '97: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
profit: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
r-code: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
scientific word: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
surfer: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: not needed
telnet: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: good
telnet: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
telnet: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: good
textpad: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
tgif, xv, xpaint, imagemagick: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
Symantec c++: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
ultraedit: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
Unix shell: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: good
VBA '97: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
vbscript: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
vensim: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
vi: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
vi: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: good
virtualcd NT: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not needed
visual FoxPro: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
winzip: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not needed
zinc library: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not needed
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There are some problems

FoxPro: use: often, adequacy: good, support: fair
ghostview: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: fair
vi: use: not at all, adequacy: good, support: fair
vi/tq: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: fair
winzip: use: often, adequacy: good, support: fair
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Support, support and support!

adobe acrobat: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: not avail. but needed
exceed(x-term): use: often, adequacy: fair, support: bad
FoxPro: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: bad
gnu tools: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
freelance: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
lotus: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not avail. but needed
lotus: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not avail. but needed
lotus 1-2-3: use: rarely, adequacy: fair, support: bad
lotus 123 release 4: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: bad
lotus r-5: use: intensive, adequacy: fair, support: not avail. but needed
lotus123: use: rarely, adequacy: fair, support: not avail. but needed
Norton utilities: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
outlook: use: rarely, adequacy: fair, support: bad
PageMaker: use: often, adequacy: bad, support: bad
personal communications 3270/v4: use: often, adequacy: bad, support: bad
personal communications 3270v4: use: often, adequacy: fair, support: bad
PhotoShop 4.0: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
stata: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
systat: use: rarely, adequacy: fair, support: not avail. but needed
tsp: use: rarely, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
visual page: use: often, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
zapp c++ lib.: use: intensive, adequacy: good, support: not avail. but needed
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We need these tools!

Galileo: An Advanced Fault Tree Analysis Tool

Stata 5: News and Announcements

Yui Kee Company Product Information: F-PROT

AIMMS

Freelance Graphics 97 (Upgrade)

Golden Software: Home

HIPRE: Multicriteria Decision Making Approach

Seagate Desktop Management Suite or McAfee Remote Desktop 32 ?

QuarkXPress (Upgrade)

Borland Paradox 7 Home Page (Upgrade)

MacSEE (from REEVEsoft. It seems to be dead product. Latest version was 4.7 (shareware) 1994. Latest available version is 4.6. IIASA have got a license 3.2 in 1994 )

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Get reed of these:

lotus 5 release: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed (It contradicts other users wishes that vote for more support)
gsview: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed It contradicts other users wishes that vote for more support or just like it)
monarch v3: use: rarely, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
ndea: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed (I am not sure what it is, but definitely not a http://www.snd1.org/snd/NDEA.html
paint shop pro: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed (It contradicts other users wishes that vote for more support)
Pascal: use: often, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed (It contradicts other users wishes that want use it)
pcfiml 8.0: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
pcgive professional 8.0: use: often, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
photofinish: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
scientific workplace: use: often, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed (It contradicts other users wishes that want use it)
vig: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
vimda: use: not at all, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
visual cafe: use: often, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
xtreme: use: often, adequacy: not needed, support: not needed
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And just a joke

excel 97: use: often, adequacy: not avail. but needed, support: not avail. but needed
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