16 Jul
2011
16 Jul
'11
10:05 p.m.
On 07/16/2011 04:02 PM, David Griffith wrote:
At least he wasn't overtly hostile to Linux.
This is good at least.
I just got an email back from Dataman Ltd about my
inquiry of the
possibility of using a Linux machine to drive their chip writers.
What I got back was a statement that in ten years, less than ten
people have ever asked about Linux or Mac support. Surely there are
more people than just me who'd want to use these things under Linux.
That's a load of crap. I say that because I know four people who have
asked them about Linux or OS X support...I find it impossible to
believe that nearly half of the people who asked just happened to be
friends of mine.
Sounds like they've got some Windows fanboys over there. I know someone who talked
to MOTU about Linux support for some of their audio equipment and they
came out cussing. There's another, maybe MOTU again, who deliberately
checked to see if WINE was being used and if so refuse to work.
Wow. Quite a few fanboys.
Fortunately, there are better ways to run Windows apps nowadays than
WINE.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL