Tying customers to  formats with unbreakable, softwares and secret tricks is 
seldom productive.
Customers suspect that something really wrong with the machines is hiding 
behind that.
It is not clear if it is legal.  After all, academic customers pay money
taken from public and transferred to granting agencies. It means that public 
support unbreakable format codings, softwares and secret tricks...
The question is what for? - for unbreakable format codings, softwares and 
secret tricks? It puts a lot of noise into the system which is already noisy and
people start to prefer open codes...
There is another option: maybe these are still XENTRONIX formats that were 
about 18 or 8 altogether if elders remember properly?


Dr Felix Frolow   
Professor of Structural Biology and Biotechnology
Department of Molecular Microbiology
and Biotechnology
Tel Aviv University 69978, Israel

Acta Crystallographica F, co-editor

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On Nov 9, 2010, at 15:30 , Stefan Gerhardt wrote:

>>> I'd have to say, in general the easiest thing to do when confronted with
> Mosflm issues is to get in touch with the authors and ask them. We are all
> very friendly, approachable people who will do our best to help!<<
> 
> 
> I cannot agree more with this...
> 
> Many thanks with all your help provided so far... (more needed surely soon
> :) )
> 
> Cheers
> Stefan

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