16 Jul
2011
16 Jul
'11
7:49 a.m.
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.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
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16 Jul
16 Jul
2:58 p.m.
On 7/16/11 12:49 AM, David Griffith wrote:
What I got back was a statement that in ten years, less than ten
people have ever asked about Linux or Mac support.
It's easier just to shrug your shoulders and keep a Windows (or DOS!)
box around than try to deal with vendors targeting products for the x86 market,
who know that almost all of their sales will go there. It's also easier for them
to lock up all of the device protocols selling binary drivers into the Windows
market.
4:25 p.m.
On 7/16/11 12:49 AM, David Griffith wrote:
What I got back was a statement that in ten years, less than ten
people have ever asked about Linux or Mac support.
That's odd--most of the EDA toolsets and lately, microcontroller IDEs
seem to have Linux as the native environment with Cygwin and the like
accommodating Windoze users.
Well, there's always Wine, I guess.
--Chuck
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.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
7:48 p.m.
On Jul 16, 2011, at 3:49 AM, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> 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.
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.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
8:02 p.m.
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jul 16, 2011, at 3:49 AM, David Griffith
<dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
wrote:
At least he wasn't overtly hostile to Linux. 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.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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.
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
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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