From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 28 06:51:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F2B16A420 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:51:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C6B43D49 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:51:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id jBS6sTP87356; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:54:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Malcolm Kay" , Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:51:08 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: <200512281024.38359.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Importance: Normal Cc: rod person , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: BSD Question's. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:51:26 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Malcolm Kay >Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:55 PM >To: danial_thom@yahoo.com >Cc: rod person; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: BSD Question's. > > >Cadence have a wide range of products some of which >run on Windows platforms. But you will be struggling >to do much with Full Custom on XP. > >There are some alternatives offered on FreeBSD -- >admittedly inferior to the top Cadence products but >also at less than 10% of the licensing costs. > >I thought the discussion was about desktop software >not business software; but even so if your business >is IC design then I would think a good CAD suite was >pretty essential. > Frankly, Malcolm, I find it far more interesting to learn about the niche software that runs poorly on Windows and well on UNIX. Talking about programs like Acrobat that everyone uses is a pretty dull and worn out subject. We all know Acrobat works better on Windows, ho hum, can we please move on? As you so eloquently reminded us here, not every task done on a computer is done with the top 20 most popular programs in the world. Ted