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	Texrat	2009-08-28 , 02:29
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Originally Posted by johnkzin

Right. So, which apps that you use _only_ run on microsoft, without a just as useful and usable (or more useful and usable) and interchangeable version on Mac, BSD, Linux, and/or the Cloud?

For example, some people would say "MS Project", which itself doesn't have Mac, BSD, Linux (or Cloud that I'm aware of) versions... yet there are other project software packages that are just as good, and will read/write MS Project files. I've done entire projects where the management people above the project were all using MS Project, and the Project manager and I (if I wasn't the project manager) were using a Mac package instead. The management folks never knew the difference. So, there was no connection between "best tool" (since the tools were interchangeable) and "OS platform".

SolidWorks

Pro/ENGINEER (although not in a while)

No native Mac versions, and people report numerous problems on emulators.

And, really, if I were inclined I could go on and on and on. I have hundreds of apps, use dozens at any given time and most are said to run poorly in emulators if at all.

The tools we use in professional environments are rarely the tools we choose but rather those chosen for us. Now, one *could* start a silly tangent over how we have a choice in careers, companies, etc but that would be another pointless chicken and egg exercise.

But I'm surprised you even have to ask that question. It suggests to me a surprising lack of familiarity with the subject. This is well-covered ground... and a fruitless argument IMO.

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