Because ION is built on IDL, applications already written in IDL can be easily converted for access over the Internet, making the product immediately useful for existing IDL customers. Once a page has been loaded and the ION-generated analysis or graphics are generated, the connection to ION is disconnected. This is very different from network use of IDL, where the IDL license is checked-out at startup and doesn't return until IDL is exited. ION supports Windows NT and all popular versions of UNIX, including Linux and Solaris X86. Customers download ION and subsequent updates from Research Systems' website.
All documentation is online in a HTML-based help system.
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