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2004-07-17 09:01 PM
2006-06-28 02:57 PM
2006-06-28 03:05 PM
syber wrote:
Why doesn't graphisoft at least help linux community to run AC through emulator?
2006-06-28 10:39 PM
2006-06-29 08:54 AM
henrypootel wrote:A few remarks:
I don't think that we will ever see any autodesk products ported to any other platform. the latest versions of their flagship products are sodependant on the .NET framework, that it would require a major recode just to get them to run on another OS, letalone several. They seem quite content to let mac/*nix users run whatever they want(Maya, Archicad etc..), while they seek to be the dominant software developer for the windows platform. Rumour has it that they have partnered with MS to make DWG the standard to kill PDF(seriously!).
Because of this, i think that Archicad for Linux could be BIG. The only framework that it seems to be very dependant on is Quicktime, so i would think it would be a lot easier to port. Oh well, i live in hope.
2006-09-04 11:23 AM
2006-09-06 01:38 PM
jdk wrote:Set up startup disk in system preferences and it will start in whichever system you have as default. We are running 6 intel imacs 50/50 mac / windows. Archicad has needed to be the mactel but we have needed production. Rosetta implementation significantly slower than PC side. Mac is not unknown except to the blind to the obvious and who in their right minds wants to run that dead dog aka Autocad? The best way to crack the M$ monopoly is not to use it, use open software or mac and incourage others in the same path of convicion over blind habit.
Following the n-th windows XP Pro crash and misbehaviour, last night I proposed to a senior architect to drop the ugly monster (P4-3Ghz, 512MB, 19" crt, tower and noisy) for a new iMac 20". It would be nice to have one of those, he said. It would clear my desk from all this hardware clutter, run faster, and quieter. However, can I run windows as primary os? Why is that windows is the standard, every one has it, the local bureau has it as standard together with AutoCAD, while mac os is unknown and cannot run autocad?
The problem with any large software house like Graphisoft is the ROI. A linux version would encounter similar market issues. I am not saying that it is impossible to crack the M$ monopoly, only that it would take an advertising genious to make it happen. I have a few ideas. I would gladly post them here, if someone from Graphisoft invites me.
2006-09-06 07:53 PM
2006-10-18 01:15 AM
2006-10-28 03:00 AM
TomWaltz wrote:BUT (it always is...
Let's remember that GS is not that big of a company. Creating yet another source base to maintain will cut their resources even more.
When you are porting software from one operating system to another, it can take many work-years to make the necessary changes.
I'd rather see the versions we have get better than support a niche market that obviously has no current user base.
2006-10-28 03:53 AM
Constantin wrote:I do not see any contradiction between my statement that it would be dumb to create a Linux version of Archicad and the WSJ statement that GS has positioned itself in the global market through wise business choices. You do not need to have a thousand employees to be a global player in the software market. Spend 5 minutes looking over their stock reports and you will see that GS is not a large company. Spend a little more time looking over this forum and you will see that GS is stretched pretty thin as it is. They can barely keep up with two versions of Apple.TomWaltz wrote:BUT (it always is...
Let's remember that GS is not that big of a company. Creating yet another source base to maintain will cut their resources even more.
When you are porting software from one operating system to another, it can take many work-years to make the necessary changes.
I'd rather see the versions we have get better than support a niche market that obviously has no current user base.)
"It's passion, and a good deal of business sense, that helped turn Graphisoft into a global player."
The Wall Street Journal
now one of yous got it wrong. if G was a global player than it could find the resources to make a linux based program.
it doesn't take a shrink to notice that you despise linux and embrace big-corporation-overstepping-smaller-firms kind of policies. it's either this or you are the kind of guy that thinks "the best way is the knowned way, why search for better ones?!"....
tbw... i have all my life ahead of me for studying archicad, but only 3 days until my current homework deadline... allplan will suffice till monday:)