[sdpd] Re: Materials Science Consortium Grows

[Armel Le Bail <armel... @fluo.univ-lemans.fr>]

More information comes directly from MSI. Reproduced
below with permission of the author (2 emails).

Best,

Armel Le Bail

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:33:15 +0100 
From: Frank JJ Leusen <fleusen... @msicam.co.uk> 
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [sdpd] Materials Science Consortium Grows] 

Dear Dr. Le Bail,

Gerhard Engel forwarded your recent message on the sdpd mailing list to me. 
Unfortunately, the recent article in Scientific Computing World which you 
cite contained a few inaccuracies (journalists!!). One of them is that, 
although the PowderSolve technology is currently exclusive to PDC members 
(because they funded the development of this software), it will probably 
not remain exclusive to the PDC for three years. We have not yet decided 
when the method will be released to the general scientific community, but 
it is likely to be within the next year or so. Obviously, interested 
parties can have access to PowderSolve right now by joining the PDC. If 
you would like more information on PDC pricing (special low rates apply for 
academics), please contact your local MSI sales representative. The 
telephone number of our Paris office is 01 6935 3232.

Best regards, 

Frank Leusen
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 17:48:20 +0100 
From: Frank JJ Leusen <fleusen... @msicam.co.uk> 
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [sdpd] Re: Materials Science Consortium Grows] 

Hello,

Gerhard Engel forwarded your message to me, and I would like to draw your 
attention to the following. Academic membership to the PDC costs US$ 
13,500 per year (not US$ 16,500), for a three year commitment. The total 
costs over three years is thus US$ 40,500. As part of the membership, 
participants get immediate access to all MSI software relevant for 
crystallization, i.e., there is no need to purchase the software - it comes 
with the membership. Currently, this software library includes 
PowderSolve, the Polymorph Predictor, our morphology prediction tools, 
powder diffraction simulation and analysis tools, and much more. PDC 
membership actually represents good value for money, since an outright 
purchase of all these software tools is considerably more expensive than 
the PDC membership fee.

Best regards, 

Dr. Frank Leusen 
Director, PDC
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