[Pw_forum] similar to WAVECAR and CHGCAR in VASP

[Lorenzo Paulatto]

On Tuesday, August 04, 2015 09:01:32 AM Marzari Nicola wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo,
> 
> I'd (respectfully) disagree re the extremely expensive - quite the opposite.
> 
> The cost of a vasp licence is comparable to the cost of one workstation,
> anywhere in the world, or two weeks of the full cost of a postdoc in the us
> or europe. Sometimes it might be difficult to raise those funds, but the
> personnel costs of the people running the codes, followed by the costs of
> the computational resources, are most often the real
> cost/expense/investment. Of course, there are exceptions, but for most
> groups worldwide one needs to look at the overall picture when assessing
> cost.

You are right, but I find that paying a VASP licence (which if I am correct is 
licenced per-person) just to find out what "WAVECAR and CHGCAR" are is a bit 
excessive :p.

Is is like going to a Libanese restaurant and ask if they do that thing that 
looks like kebab.


cheers

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