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[Day Permalink] Tuesday, September 21, 2004

[Item Permalink] Fighting about Gaussian - banning, hypocrisy, and cowardice -- Comment()
There is great controversy about the Gaussian software used by computational chemists. The site Banned By Gaussian wants "to shed light on some practices of Gaussian, Inc. that can undermine basic scientific ideals." On the other hand, the Gaussian company has responded with claims of hypocrisy and cowardice: "The web site is a collection of half-truths and outright misstatements. To address every misrepresentation would produce a very long document, so I will limit myself to addressing some of the more outrageous statements and implications."