At 08:50 AM 7/15/97 +1200, you wrote:
>... After gaining the skills to use
>electronic equipment, the advantages of accuracy and speed are undeniable.
>The downside are higher costs. But by renting electronic equipment instead
>of buying, quite often the renting costs are less than the time/costs
>gained in the field.
 
There's the rub... I doubt that many university programs have access to or
train students it the use of such equipment. Renting isn't really an option
until you already know not only how to use it, but how to use it well. And
don't forget the money/time investment in the software to make sense of it all.
Currently, the typical (academic) shoestring project budget isn't likely to
cover the equipment or software, so it is going to be up to the contract
folks to make it a higher item on the 'must have' list...
 
Mary Ellin D'Agostino
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