In <5jgdk3$9na$3 at sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de>, salger at wap1.zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de (Klaus Salger) writes:
>Reinhard Windoffer (windoff at mail.uni-mainz.de) wrote:
>: Hi,
>: I´m looking after software(preferably free software) helping me in
>: handling cloning operations, drawing restriction maps and so on. It
>: would be fantastic if this program can even help me to chart existing
>: clones. Any information would be fine.
>>: Kirsten
>>Kirsten,
>>I don't know of any free software that would do what you want. But have a
>look on Clone Manager from Scientific and Educational Software. It costs
>about 300 or 400$. You can get a test version. Here are the addresses:
>>Mail: PO Box 72045, Durham NC 27722-2045, USA
>Phone: (919) 471-6064
>FAX: (919) 471-0311
>Email: sciedsoft at msn.com>URL: www.scied.com
This program is by far the best I have seen for any platform (though I haven't seen them _all_...). I've used it since its earliest DOS days, and now run the Win3.1 version under OS/2. The lead programmer is a former phage molecular biologist who is now an excellent C programmer and user-interface designer.
As an aside, it is _*RARE*_ that one will obtain something for nothing, or in this situation, the most professional software (in a large & competitive market) for nothing. One should expect a financial reward for excellence.
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