From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 21 6:50:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mithras.erudition.net (mithras.erudition.net [209.9.98.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F00D37B40D for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 06:50:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougp@mithras.erudition.net) Received: (from dougp@localhost) by mithras.erudition.net (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f7LDoTx31867; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:50:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dougp) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:50:29 -0400 From: Doug Poland To: "Hartmann, O." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suitable CAD system for scientific use? Message-ID: <20010821095029.B31489@polands.org> References: <20010821095448.A76991-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010821095448.A76991-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>; from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:09:24AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:09:24AM +0200, Hartmann, O. wrote: > Dear Sirs. > > this time I want to aim a question towards the FreeBSD community and > this is not a subject of the server abilities. > > As a geologist I need several kinds of software to take field researches > into a reproduceable media. With Windooze based PCs most scientists > around here use a combination of AutoCAD and ArcInfo/ArcView and I wish > to offer a similar system for use at the institute and for personal use > on our FreeBSD cluster. > I'm a former AutoCAD and ARC/INFO programmer (on both UNIX and NT). I'd say you're most likely to succeed if... 1. Autodesk or ESRI release their products on Linux (don't hold your breath). or 2. Autodesk or ESRI release their products on OS/X. It won't be FreeBSD but it may actually happen. Good luck. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message