BTW, thanks to Alex Renshaw I have been playing with Crystallographica's
CSM search-match application,
http://www.crystallographica.co.uk/searchmatch/ which generates a powder
pattern "instantly" when you click on any structure in a long Powder
Diffraction File list, and compares it with any other - very nice.
Nice link Alan! It certainly looks like something I'd like to check out...
Now, I must say: Interesting pricing policy! I think this is the first
piece of software I've come across that is related to the PDF database and
search/match programs offering a "student license". I doubt that there are
many students who own a personal copy of the PDF database, given that it is
not quite what you'd call cheap. So, does anybody have any experience with
such a setup? Can a student order a student license for Crystallographica
to use with his/her advisor's database? What's the requirement for
qualifying for such a student license - that it is installed on a student
computer? And can the student then use it for doing search/match on
research that was of course originally assigned by a professor? Can a
professor sit down with a student who is using the program and teach them
some necessary background knowledge without paying the 10x higher "academic
user" price?
I like the idea of offering student pricing on software, but am not sure
where to draw the line between a valid student license and the requirement
of an academic license, as the license would need to be installed on the
group's student computer that runs the PDF database (and not a personal
student laptop, which is where something like and Endnote student license
would end up).
Cora
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