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From: James Stroud xtald00d {- at -} GMAIL {- dot -} COM
Date: 2009-01-28

I've used serial cloner (http://serialbasics.free.fr/
Serial_Cloner.html) but not ApE, which I hope to try now that I know
of it. One thing that serial cloner has going for it is a nice
assembly tool that makes construct design much easier. Otherwise it
could be a little less clunky in its design.

These days there are too many free alternatives for invitrogen to try
to pilfer scientists. But I guess many companies are beginning to
learn what a "broken business model" really means.

If invitrogen were smart, they'd give their redundant NTI software
away to whoever will take it and push to make it a convenient front-
end ordering system for their other services which actually do have
value beyond the configuration of bits on a hard-drive. (Hint: be like
google.)

James

On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:14 AM, Sebastiano Pasqualato wrote:

> Hi Darren,
> much much "easier" than VectorNTI is ApE (http://www.biology.utah.edu/jorgensen/wayned/ape/
> ), which is multi-platform and very easy to use for simple tasks.
> Please, could you post a summary of the answers?
> Thanks,
> ciao
> Sebastiano
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> After several years of offering the molecular biology software
>> VectorNTI
>> free to the academic community (their "open access program") and
>> building
>> up a huge user base, Invitrogen have suddenly announced that they
>> will no
>> longer renew these free licences and the existing ones will be left
>> to
>> expire within the year. There are heavy renewal fees for anyone
>> wishing to
>> continue use of this software.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend decent alternative PC compatible alternatives?
>> Main
>> uses are construct and primer design, plus simple quick alignments,
>> sequence data analysis etc. The database structure for storing
>> sequences
>> was pretty useful also.
>>
>> Ideally free, otherwise reasonably priced. I've seen CLCbio and
>> Geneious
>> have products, both free and paid. Any experience?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Darren
>> EMBL Grenoble
>>
>> ps anyone using VNTI might consider a backup of their work by
>> exporting
>> files to .gb format. I don't know if a locked up (expired) version
>> permits
>> this and you will have no notice that it is about to expire.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sebastiano Pasqualato, PhD
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> via Adamello, 16
> 20139 - Milano
> Italy
>
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