When Longhorn release, Linux got end. 3510
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:26:15 -0300, Hern‡n Freschi
ray What annoys me is that our local education authority, since moving to PCs from Archimedes networks, have time and again stated that they'll be embracing...
OK, I admit to being a bit frustrated.... Here's what's good:
AutoCAD, Solidworks (especially SolidWorks, though interestingly enough, SolidWorks is somewhat open source, if not GPL). I don't use illustrator-type packages, so I can't comment.
But my job right now involves programming a user interface. I am stuck using a proprietary package which does not have some basic tools that I need. The company that developed it sold the distribution license to someone else, so the people supporting it are essentially salespeople, with not a clue about some of the thornier technical problems, and an absolute refusal to admit that the package has bugs.
I guess my frustration comes from the fact that in the linux world, I can try different packages until I find one that fits me. Thus I beat my head against the wall with Perl, until I threw my hands up. I tried Python, and was immediately able to produce decent code. In the windows world, I can't keep popping $7K or $5K or $3K for packages until I find one that fits me.... So I'm stuck with whatever management or the previous engineer bought, or whatever is cheap, or, in my case, whatever has the cheapest runtime license fee....
After much twiddling, I finally figured out how to get an external USB 2.0 Hard Drive to mount PROPERLY in SUSE Linux, and also automatically re-mount...
So, yes, to be fair, there are good packages in the Windows world. I sorely wish there was a good CAD package.... But when it comes to producing code, I'd much rather be in the linux world....
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