Warren wrote: > Miguel is right that companies can sometimes be sensitive to this > information, especially early on. However, every company that makes an > investment in deploying Jmol has a shared interest in seeing the project > succeed.
I couldn't agree more. > Thus, if asked nicely, I bet that such case studies & > endorsements could be obtained. The only way that I know that people are using Jmol is via jmol-users. > Another high-impact approach would be to prepare some real world examples > online. The demonstration page is a great start, but to the extent that > we > seek corporate adoption (to make Jmol economically self-sufficent), it is > hard to imagine something more powerful than a publicly-accessible Jmol > web > page with drug-discovery content. This would paint an indelible picture > in > the minds of your potential customers as to what Jmol would look like with > their own proprietary molecules. Understood. > Jmol may be a feature or two shy of having all the features necessary to > support such usage, but as soon as solid surfaces are implemented, I would > happily contribute some examples. I am working on surfaces. Am struggling with some things. Warren, I may call you next week to discuss on the phone. > Loading multiple molecules with a > shared > frame of reference will be essential for this. No work has yet begun in this area. > PS. My article "The Case for Open-Source Software in Drug Discovery" was > published in Drug Discovery Today, *today*! It is not yet avaiable online > AFAIK, but I can forward a copy to interested parties upon request. Congratulations! Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
