Difficult to find CAE s/w which run on Ubuntu

[Brian McKee]

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM, H.S.Rai <hardeep.rai at gmail.com> wrote:
> What does it take for any Operating System to be declared by a vendor
> as supporting Operating System?
>
> When ever I purchase some Hardware or Software I do mention to get
> Linux Support, but no one till date was able to deliver or to support
> this requirement. Latest is "Ansys" package: http://www.ansys.com/
>
> They supplied CDs which do mention a large number of supported
> operating system, including Linux, but not Ubuntu, they mention only
> limited "certified Linux" like Redhat 3.0, SuSE ES9, SGI ALTIX ProPack
> 3.0.
> http://www.ansys.com/services/ss-linux.htm

Most companies seem to consider support as a cost rather than a
service - and thus, cut whereever possible. I would not be surprised
if the only reason they support the limited OS's that they do, is
because someone buying a big enough contract said 'support xxx or I'm
not interested' and they started supporting it.  They'll drop it just
as quick.  Don't take it personal, they support Windows under the same
terms, and will drop that whenever possible too.

If you find a company that considers support a feature, and does a
good job at it, I suggest sticking with them!

Brian