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>From: Mai Nguyen <address@hidden> >Organization: National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting of Vietnam >Keywords: 200312020023.hB20N4p2027742 GEMPAK LDM IDD Mai, >Please check again if we really need to have Unix/Linux OS to get the >data. We've been using this IP for getting data from DWD (German) for >quite a while and it's ok. If you want to participate in the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD <http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/idd>) system to get real time data feeds, then yes, you really do need to have a Unix/Linux system. Our LDM software, the engine behind the IDD only runs on Unix/Linux systems. >Thanks and best regards. >Mai. Cheers, Tom