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You should be nagging Intuit, Dassault Systèmes, etc. rather than the people that need Windows-only software.
by ziddoap 2y ago
You 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