Actually, GNU project started in '80s as a response against proprietary software and started with a free computer operating system, and after branched to provide other "free" software under the GNU licence that span from audio-video to graphics, education, science and programming languages, although "free" software existed before the '80s as well.
For a free list of available software under GNU licence for science visit http://directory.fsf.org/category/science/ and for a general history of the GNU project http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html GNU type software are not always well documented, there is usually no technical support, although a lot of passionate users may have help-lists and offer voluntary support, and the user interface is not necessarily well developed (lots of them have a command interface and some graphic capabilities). If you want more than that - then proprietary software it is. Monica ==================================== Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, PhD Jacobs Technology US Geological Survey Florida Integrated Science Center 600 4th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Ph: 727-803-8747 x 3068 Fx: 727-803-2031 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================== Isobel Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/24/2008 12:55 PM Please respond to Isobel Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Adrián Martínez Vargas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ai-geostats@jrc.it cc Subject Re: AI-GEOSTATS: GNU generalized mining software According to Google, GNU is a free source software for DATA mining. This is the buzzword for numerical/statistical investigation of large data sets. As far as I know, nothing to do with mining as we know it ;-) Isobel http://www.kriging.com Adrián Martínez Vargas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello dear mail list Someone know some GNU generalized mining software/project (similar to Gemcom, Vulcan, Surpac â?¦) My bests Dr. Adrian MartÃnez Vargas Revista MinerÃa y GeologÃa (Editor Principal) ISMM, Las Coloradas, s/n Moa, HolguÃn, Cuba CP. 83329 http://www.ismm.edu.cu/revistamg/index.htm
