first last <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed the 4.0.7 binary version for RedHat in > order to see whether I could use it for 'real work'. > First, I think it is not easy to learn how to use > OpenDX. To produce a simple line plot took me 1 hour. > I finally gave up when I tried to import my own data > in a manner which would make sense. Members of the > 'research community' are often short of time and this > might prevent them from using OpenDX. Second, a really
That is the problem with powerful tools. You can't get everything for nothing ;) > severe problem are the very limited possibilities for > data analysis. If one wants to EXPLORE the data > interactively and not just wants to produce stylish > pictures of the data, OpenDX might not be the right > thing. More experienced OpenDX users might have ideas how to use dx for exploratory analysis. However, in my experience there is not the one tool for all problems. OpenDX seems great in combination with other apps. I use PDL (http://pdl.perl.org , a free Matlab/IDL/etc clone) to play with my data and once I know what I want I start playing with the visualisation in OpenDX. Christian -- Christian Soeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Physiology U. Auckland School of Medicine Auckland New Zealand
