On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Dave McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm...Most of the "big" hardware tools started out in the UNIX > world. All the EDA software, FPGA design software, simulation > software, etc etc...all got their start in the UNIX world, and many > of them aren't even available for Windows, and aren't ever likely to > be.
Yes this is true for some high-end software packages, notably some IC design packages. > Those vendors are porting to Linux, but not to Windows, as is > not taken seriously for things like chip design or "large-scale" > electronic design. (that said, I find it surprising that Linux IS > being taken seriously in that world, but who am I to argue..) Because Linux is cheaper (and may be better) than Solaris or HP-UX or IBM AIX or SCO Unix. However, many of those tools used to be for Unix only are now available under Windows as well. I used to use Saber (now under Synopsis) under Sun Solaris workstations. But later it is available under Windows. Same for many other tools. My colleagues used to have Sun Ray Thin Clients to access the EDA packages (Mentor Graphics Board Station and others) running in Unix and now we do not need to use them since we are now using Mentor Graphics Expedition under Windows. And many critical systems are still running on mainframes or Unix workstations. But the front-end are mostly Windows client through terminal program or Web interface. Linux is catching up but I do not think I can survive using Linux at work since most of the tools (EDA, MCU development tools, Company's own tool packages) in the company are for Windows only. Some industries still do not want to use Windows. For example, one of my brother works in the telecom industry (back end processing). They used to use Solaris, now they use Redhat. They just do not want to use Windows for security reasons. Xiaofan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
