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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">NanoSystems Laboratory and the Department of Physics are considering a purchase of a site license for OriginPro.
<a href="http://www.originlab.com/index.aspx?go=Products/OriginPro" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Click here for information about the software. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#222222">Please fill out the following survey if you are interested in using this software.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L8F9CYV">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L8F9CYV</a>
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<span style="color:#222222">An individual academic license for OriginPro is about $850.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">Licenses are for students, staff, and faculty of the Physics Department only, but can be installed on both OSU-owned and personal computers.
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<span style="color:#222222">We are considering a purchase of a yearly subscription of 100 licenses for $6,000 to be renewed on a yearly basis. Under this license, the software can be installed on as many computers as needed (internet connection is required) with
only 100 instances of it running simultaneously which will be controlled by a license server.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">The final price of such a license per user will depend entirely on the number of users participating in the program. If 100 users participate, the individual price will be $60/year. We are also actively seeking departmental and organizational
sponsors to further reduce the costs of the software to an individual user.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">The survey will be open until Tuesday, July 29<sup>th</sup>.
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">Laura Heyeck
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Program Assistant<br>
<b>The Ohio State University</b><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">NanoSystems Laboratory</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
Physics Research Building, 2nd floor bridge<br>
191 W Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210<br>
</span><a href="tel:614-688-1158" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">614-688-1158</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">
</span><a href="http://ensl.osu.edu/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white">ensl.osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
</span><a href="mailto:heyeck.2@osu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white">heyeck.2@osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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