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> Then there are the equally useless "just switch OSes!" arguments. That's probably by far the most useful solution. It may be obvious and annoying to hear ove
by bhaney 2y ago
> Then there are the equally useless "just switch OSes!" arguments.
That's probably by far the most useful solution. It may be obvious and annoying to hear over and over, but we only nag you because we love you. Friends don't let friends be abused by Windows.
- ziddoap 2y agoYou should be nagging Intuit, Dassault Systèmes, etc. rather than the people that need Windows-only software.
- bachmeier 2y agoThat's a standard generic response, but in this case the specified software is Matlab, which runs perfectly on Linux - I use it several times a year on my Ubuntu machine.
- ziddoap 2y agoI'm not sure why the people saying "just switch OS!" can speak generally, but I have to speak specifically to Matlab. Many companies run more than one program, even when one of those programs is Matlab.
- TheNewsIsHere 2y agoTo say nothing of the applications and hardware you may wish to use with Matlab and which require Windows.
- ranger_danger 2y agoNo company is going to waste time developing, testing and maintaining a new OS port of their software for 0.3% of their userbase. It just doesn't make any sense.
- bhaney 2y agoI'm happy to nag both