16 Jul
2011
16 Jul
'11
5:43 p.m.
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011, David Griffith wrote:
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.
I can see that.
But, with that kind of response, I'm not sure that I would bother asking
them about other platform support. They do what they do, and don't have
an obligation to take on additional projects.
On the other hand, if they were to offer an extensive API for writing your
own alternate programs, they just might end up with code for other
platforms.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com