Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:27:57 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> To: David Kelly <dkelly@mail.hiwaay.net> Cc: jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org, narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee, brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008201325420.1774-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> In-Reply-To: <200008151718.e7FHIbb13082@mail.hiwaay.net>
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At least in the PCB market, the software was being developed on UNIX before wintel systems were suited to the task. Large numbers of objects in the applications required large amounts of RAM, etc. PCs with 512MB-2GB of RAM haven't been common for very long. [RC] On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, David Kelly wrote: > j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes: > > | The stereotypical unix worstation uses are: > > | * SUN - cad/eda > > | * HP - GIS and similar > > | * SGI - scientific visualisation > > > > CAD i know, but what are EDA and GIS? > > Electronic Design and Automation > Geographical Information System > > > And why is Sun better for CAD, anyway? Can't NT or M$ do just as well? > > Its an area Sun and Unix got a solid foothold before Microsoft's > nose was able to smell $. > > Microsoft would have the world to believe NT is just as good as Unix. > But those I have known who spend their careers on CAD workstations have > learned to leverage the tool nature of Unix and minimize the grunt work. > And when one spends over $50k per seat one has the right to expect > higher quality than Microsoft delivers. > > NT's "we know better than you" GUI doesn't cut the mustard. > > > And is there really that much of a demand for esoteric uses such as these? > > The EDA market is huge. It doesn't take very many $50k seats (software > only) before it adds up. The shrinkwrap schematic and PCB portion is > only a small slice of the EDA pie. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) > ====================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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