On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 04:59:42PM -0400, Matt Lee wrote: >On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Venkatesh Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Would you count required software suites that only run under Windows a >> form of 'forcing'? > >Are the software suites proprietary?
Yes. What would you think about propriety suites that ran on free platforms? >> There are a few classes here (at JHU) that require Windows-only >> software - Microwaves requires a Matlab for Windows, there are >> classes that require stuff like Solidworks or some of the Xilinx >> tools... > >Can you tell me more about these? Are they free software? Solidworks, for example, is not free software, is Windows-only, and . It *is* one of the better tools in its design space, though. Matlab isn't Free either, and though there is a GNU/Linux version, not all toolboxes run on it. For our Microwaves class, we had to use one such toolbox... --vs _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
