Re: C7, encryption, and clevis

[m.roth@xxxxxxxxx]

Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> On 06/08/18 15:26, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
<SNIP>
>>> On a similar note: one of the companies whose software scientists here
>>> were using a lot (IDL is a product) changed hand several times, and
>>> last owner changed licensing terms and stopped signing perpetual
licenses.
>>> With perpetual license you were able to keep upgrading software during
>>> support period, usually 1 year, and keep using last version later
>>> forever only you are locked to that older version. They stopped signing
>>> perpetual licenses, and made it "software for rent" with 1 year rent
>>> term. When that happened I recommended all our people to avoid using
>>> IDL in new projects (python was my recommendation as fair replacement -
>>> just what I know, not that I consider it better than other
alternatives). As
>>> a programmer (former I should say, as I don't put my dirty hands into
>>> code lately, almost not) I wouldn't invest my time into mastering
>>> something that I not necessarily will have access to at some point in a
>>> future...
>>
>> Yeah. We have a number of folks here using R, and fewer still using
>> Matlab.
>
> Sounds like your former matlab users are happy with R (bad name, BTW,
> try to search...). Thanks, I will know now what to mention as
> alternative if it will be about matlab!
>
And it has heavy hooks for python. And it's open source. Matlab may have
more sophisticated tools, but....

       mark "now, there is the guy who runs R jobs on a server with
               a ton of memory *and* to Tesla cards that run for,
               literally, 2-3 *weeks*. Lotta data...."

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