You know I have had this discussion with with many engineers across not just design tools, but the entire software ecosystem. If its not design its IDE's or CAD

You know I have had this discussion with with many engineers across not just design tools, but the entire software ecosystem. If its not design its IDE's or CAD/CAM or its Math and Engineering. The honest truth is I could be a professional graphics designer using GIMP. No its not Photoshop, but you don't need Photoshop to be a professional designer. I know a few designers and even a few photographers that use nothing but GIMP and Inkscape to make their money. Graphics design is not my area of expertise, but I get the same argument in software development. People tell me all the time that you can't do "real programming" in anything but Visual Studios. I chuckle a little since I have no been professionally doing software development for over a decade using nothing but F/OSS tools. Really all those individuals are telling me is that they are not skilled in the field, but rather they are skilled with one tool. There is nothing wrong with that as you need to have skill with your tool, but if you understand the fundamentals of the discipline then you can work with most functional tools. Often I see people blaming their tools to cover up for their own lack of understanding.