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I'm gonna disagree with the article and say no, the "experts" will not stay. Eventually they might get tired, as I did, with playing whack-a-mole with W10's new
by AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
I'm gonna disagree with the article and say no, the "experts" will not stay. Eventually they might get tired, as I did, with playing whack-a-mole with W10's new forms of adware with every new update and switch to Linux. Just because "there's a way to turn it off" doesn't mean I want to have to dig through these steps each time some new nefarious "functionality" gets added.
- empath75 10y agoThe experts that still use windows are probably mostly on windows for games. Until the games market switches to Linux, they are stuck with it.
- justinclift 10y agoUnfortunately, most of the higher end CAD/CAM software is Windows only. Solidworks, CATIA, Creo, etc. Siemens NX is a notable exception (Win/OSX/Linux). Seems like the only one though. :(
- CyberFonic 10y agoIn my experience CAD/CAM users are experienced in their speciality, e.g. architecture, mechanical engineering, etc, but often are not very computer literate. It's not due to a lack of intelligence, but they have better things to do than to become IT specialists as well. People in these fields, generally start out in larger firms and thus are only familiar with Windows as good corporate staffers. Those that go freelance or join startups, tend to continue using what they are already familiar with. The CAD/CAM software vendors are motivated to go after enterprise licenses, thus there little incentive to support anything but the most widely used operating system.