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Thanks for all the answers I got in and out of the list. This afternoon
I was contacted by the sales manager for the meta-imaging systems who
assured me that all my worries about the future of Metamorph were
absolutely unjustified. I am relieved to know I was mistaken and that I
will be able to continue using Metamorph for our work. The reason I did
not get an answer until now was that my particular request required his
personal attention and he was very busy.
My posting may have been premature and unjustified, however I was
motivated by the urgency to get someone to confirm me that the software
will continue being supported and developed. I would hate to see a
program of such high quality and productivity like Metamorph to
disappear. Our hardware components will start arriving soon and we need
a software solution with urgency. I am just not ready to start investing
money (in short supply) to switch to another commercial solution or to
invest time (also in short supply) learning the open source alternatives
like Image J and Micro-manager. However after this contingency, I have
learned that it may be wise to start looking into those solutions
anyway.
I apologize for any inconveniences I may have caused.
Leoncio
Leoncio A. Vergara MD
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Protein Misfolding Diseases (lab-PMD),
George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Research.
Director of the Optical Imaging Lab. (OIL),
Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
301 University Blvd
Galveston, Texas 77555-0641
OIL phone: 409-772-3970
Lab-PMD phone: 409-7470019
fax: 409-7470015
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Is metamoprh very definitely dead?
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I just had a very good experience with Molecular
Devices. I went onto their website and sent an email
to technical support. A nice guy by the name of Chad
Moynihan helped me troubleshoot the problem. Perhaps
you should try that approach.
Good luck,
Sandra Clayton
Manager, Imaging Core
BIIR
Dallas, TX
--- "Vergara, Leoncio A." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> Sorry this is not properly a confocal question but
> on a related subject.
> For many-many weeks I have been trying to contact
> the people at
> ex-Molecular Devices office. I have left messages,
> sent e-mails, spoke
> to operators, etc. But they would not return my
> calls. This happened
> after the company got purchased. Our local rep is
> not with the company
> anymore and the person on charge of metamorph issues
> for our corner of
> the world is not responsive. We heavily use the
> software for image
> analysis and also for image acquisition, we are in
> the process of
> putting together a new complex imaging setup and we
> were counting on
> upgrading a metamorph premier license to control the
> system, all
> components are due to arrive soon, however I have
> been unable to get an
> answer from the Metamorph sales people, not even a
> quote.
>
> I have heard many rumors about the possible end of
> the product. Is this
> a problem that just affect me or our area (Houston,
> Texas) or is this a
> worldwide phenomenon? Are we witnessing the end of
> metamoprh as we know
> it?
>
> I would appreciate if anyone could provide
> confirmation so I can start
> the effort of finding and alternative solution.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Leoncio A. Vergara MD
>
> Assistant Professor
> Laboratory of Protein Misfolding Diseases (lab-PMD),
> George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for
> Neurodegenerative Diseases.
> Director of the Optical Imaging Lab. (OIL),
> Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
> University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
> 301 University Blvd
> Galveston, Texas 77555-0641
> OIL phone: 409-772-3970
> Lab-PMD phone: 409-7470019
> fax: 409-7470015
>
>
>
>
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