On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Venkatesh Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>Are the software suites proprietary?
>
> Yes.

Ugh. Then we should fight this.

> What would you think about propriety suites that ran on free platforms?

Worse!


> 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...

We should fight for only free software to be used -- free software
than is Windows only is at least a step in the right direction, though
we should push for free software to at least work on GNU/Linux as
well.
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