It sounds like this might be a problem that SFC could address during this school year.
Here's a place to gather your experiences: http://wiki.freeculture.org/School_Software_Requirements Kevin On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Matt Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > I don't think free software that only exists on non-free platforms is > a good thing, but it's a different thing. > >> 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? > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- )_)_)_)_)_)_ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
