what works in xp and not in ubuntu

[Carroll Grigsby]

Till wrote:
> On 28/09/05 01:13 Duncan Lithgow Wrote:
> 
> 
>>AutoCAD is in the list of apps that doesn't run on linux/unix/macintosh. 
>> From what I can tell from talking to the suse developers there is no 
>>plans to support it. Wine wil run AutoCAD 2000lt I am told - haven't 
>>tried it yet.
>>
>>AutoCAD is a make-or-break app for many business sectors in some 
>>countries....
>>
>>Just thought I'd mention it so people know.
> 
> 
> By the time Autocad works on linux, it won't matter, anyone
> worth their salt is moving over to Inventor or other related
> products.  We don't use Autocad anymore, Autodesk Inventor is
> far more powerfull and flexible.  It's a real shame I have to
> boot up a virus to do my work :(
> 

Once upon a time, AutoCad had a unix version, but it got dumped when 
AutoDesk drank Gates' KoolAid and converted AutoCad into a pure Windows 
program. Likewise, ProE was once exclusively unix.

Your reference to AutoCad as a virus rings a bell here. I spent the last 
nine years of my engineering career fighting it every day, all day; any 
day with only one system crash counted as a winner.
-- cmg