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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I know we've already discussed the lack of visibility
of kst to the general public (in spite of a dot article a few months ago), and
the fact that the website could do with a major overhaul (to put it nicely),
but when I read this I'm a bit shocked: </span></font><a
href="http://www.kdenews.org/2009/10/16/labplot-and-scidavis-collaborate-future-free-scientific-plotting"><span
lang=EN-GB>http://www.kdenews.org/2009/10/16/labplot-and-scidavis-collaborate-future-free-scientific-plotting</span></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kst is not mentioned anywhere, though I believe it
has quite a few unique features. I'm not mentioning qtiplot either, which seems
to have a fairly large number of downloads and mindshare. But apparently
SciDaVis is a fork of qtiplot, so I don't know how well qtiplot is/will be
doing…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Should/could we do something about that? Be it
getting in touch with these guys, or promoting kst more aggressively (or
dropping it if the others are much better </span></font><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>)…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nicolas BRISSET<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>______________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Research & Development – Eurocopter Group <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ETGC – General Engineering / Flight Controls
Systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phone: +49 (0)89-60009358 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>E-mail: </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:nicolas.brisset@eurocopter.com"><span lang=FR>nicolas.brisset@eurocopter.com</span></a></span></font><font
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