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Open Source Software For Experimental Physics?

Posted by kdawson on from the open-like-science dept.

jmizrahi writes "I've recently started working in experimental physics. Quite a few programs are used in the lab for assorted purposes — Labview, Igor, Inventor, Eagle, to name just a few. They are all proprietary. This seems to be standard practice, which surprised me. Does anybody know of any open source software intended for scientific research? Does anybody work in a lab that makes an effort to use open source software?"

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  1. Re:Your Reqs Are Too Specific, Try R or Octave by alexborges · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I love new Microsoft astroturfing.

    Its like watching a five year old attempting to debate the existance of santa and the inexistance of a need to go to school.

    Kudos, MIcrosoft: too little, too late.

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