+.. _testimonials:
+
Testimonials
============
.. :group: Organizations
+By Topic
+--------
+
+* :ref:`testimonials_open_science`
+* :ref:`testimonials_standardization`
+* :ref:`testimonials_vm`
+
+
Research Institutions
---------------------
.. quotes::
:group: Research software projects
+.. quote::
+ :author: Stephan Gerhard, et al.
+ :date: 2011-06-06
+ :tags: practices, quality
+ :source: The Connectome Viewer Toolkit, Front. Neuroinform. 5:3. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2011.00003
+
+ For proper software packaging and distribution, the NeuroDebian project provides professional expertise and infrastructure.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Chuck Theobald
+ :affiliation: Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, University of Oregon, MRIConvert/mcverter build master and developer
+ :tags: email, impact, software distribution, upstream, dissemination
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+
+ As a system administrator, I support the efforts of a number of
+ researchers who use fMRI analysis software. I was overjoyed to find
+ the NeuroDebian repository, a one-stop shop for nearly every
+ software package the researchers use. The work of the NeuroDebian
+ Team greatly simplifies the task of providing our researchers the
+ best software available, and I consider the repository a vital part
+ of my professional life. As a maintainer on the MRIConvert
+ project, I find that NeuroDebian provides a valuable venue for
+ dissemination of our software. It would not be possible to reach
+ the same wide audience without the NeuroDebian repository.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Dr. Kiyotaka Nemoto
+ :affiliation: University of Tsukuba
+ :tags: email, derivatives, time
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+
+ Neurodebian is the best solution for researchers in neuroscience.
+ Everybody should have experienced wasting so much time in just setting
+ up software. With Neurodebian repository, you can easily setup many
+ useful software packages and focus on your research. I recommend this
+ repository to everyone who is interested in using Linux in
+ neuroscience.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Dr. Andrew Janke
+ :affiliation: Center for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Australia
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+ :tags: email, upstream, stability, versioning, provenance, vm,
+ reproducibility, collaboration
+
+ We use NeuroDebian on a daily basis as it provides a stable and
+ versioned software base for analysis. This is critical as it allows us
+ to maintain data provenance, something that is often sorely lacking.
+ Our collaborators who don't quite have their heads around Linux yet
+ are pointed to the NeuroDebian Virtual Machine, it allows them to run
+ an identical analysis environment to us regardless of where they are
+ or operating system.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Christian Haselgrove
+ :affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+ :tags: email, derivatives, management
+
+ Developing informatics infrastructure often involves building
+ complex systems that require interaction between existing
+ components such as software and atlases. NeuroDebian makes it
+ trivial to manage the components of these systems, freeing me to
+ focus on the novel and important aspects of my work.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Nina Preuss
+ :affiliation: PMP, nitrc.org
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+ :tags: disqus, money, quality, contributions
+
+ NITRC-CE, or the NITRC Computational Environment, on the Amazon
+ Marketplace wouldn't have happened as quickly and thus cost effectively
+ without leveraging NeuroDebian's good works. We appreciative their
+ critical contribution to the neuroimaging compute community.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Sebastiaan Mathôt
+ :affiliation: Aix-Marseille université, Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+ :tags: email, impact
+
+ For any neuroscientist that relies on open-source software,
+ NeuroDebian is the single most important resource.
+
+
Individual Laboratories and Researchers
---------------------------------------
.. quotes::
:group: Individual laboratories and researchers
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Prof. Petr Hlustik
+ :affiliation: Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Palacky University School of Medicine and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
+ :date: 2010-10-11
+ :tags: breadth
+
+ [...] those wonderful tools in Debian Neuro [...] make my life as a
+ researcher who also maintains a bunch of Debian boxes so much easier.
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Dr. Jo Etzel
+ :affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington University
+ :date: 2012-03-15
+ :tags: vm
+
+ I am a dedicated R user ... and have a Windows box. But this
+ afternoon I (finally) downloaded and installed NeuroDebian and the
+ VirtualBox, ran AFNI, and generated the files I needed, all within
+ about an hour and a half. [...] not bad, considering that I know
+ essentially no Linux/Unix. So here's a big "thanks!" :)
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Vincent Kersten
+ :affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
+ :tags: email, standardization, money, Debian
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+
+ Neurodebian provides us with a consitent way of sotware packaging
+ and upgrades, eliminating tedious compiles and home-brew setups,
+ while seamlessly integrating with the Debian distribution. Excellent
+ and very valuable work, saving costs and difficult to spot
+ errors. High five Michael, Yaroslav and team! Keep them packages
+ coming!
+
+.. quote::
+ :author: Christian Stephan-Otto
+ :affiliation: Neuroimaging Research Group, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
+ :date: 2013-02-06
+ :tags: email, vm, breadth
+
+ Since I started using a NeuroDebian virtual machine on win64 months
+ ago I am relying more and more on its diverse tools, from
+ population-specific template creation to pipelining the analysis of
+ fMRI, DTI and morphology studies. There is a great chance I will
+ end up working exclusively with NeuroDebian!