SW AND LINUX

[sojouner]

Has anyone tried running sw through an emulator in linux(what ever flavour) or Has SW been ported to linux ?
Does anyone know of a good linux prog that is similar to SW?
Is SW 2004 going to support the 64 bit instructions on the new opteron(or Athalon 64 when it comes out in September!) processor from AMD .
Is anyone using this chip at the moment?
what in your view is the pros and cons of this chip? have you noticed any strange behaviour?
I'm just very curious ?
thanks for the reply's

 

[Arlin]

***Has anyone tried running sw through an emulator in linux(what ever flavour) or Has SW been ported to linux ?***
You can use WINE to emulate windows and run SWX in LINUX, but it is painfully slow and not all that stable. No, SWX has not been ported to Linux and probably won't be for a long time (if ever).

***Does anyone know of a good linux prog that is similar to SW?***
PTC's ProEngineer WildFire now supports Linux...

***Is SW 2004 going to support the 64 bit instructions on the new opteron(or Athalon 64 when it comes out in September!) processor from AMD.***
The SWX logo was prominently displayed at the official press conference for the Opteron release.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/business/20030423/opteron-03.html

This leads me to believe that SWX will support 64bit computing soon after it becomes available.

***Is anyone using this chip at the moment?***
Not that I am aware of, although there are probably beta testers out there.

 

[MadMango]

Here's another Opteron article that looks promising.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1818

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[JNR]

Something to think about:

Remember that SolidWorks was the first CAD system of its type to be written native to the Windows environment. It is not a ported emulation like brand P and others that originated on Unix, etc. As such it uses the Windows features extensively and intimately and is OLE compatible. (Remember to keep right-clicking on EVERTHING too - it's fun efficient and informative). This was by deliberate design.

Supporting an alternative OS would only give you a bunch of limitations or a slow emulation (emulations are always slow and usually incomplete). Also note that while a relatively few of us like Linux, the VAST majority of market share is in Windows. Now, why do you think that there was always very limited choice of CAD for Mac's (and a lot of other applications come to think of it). Do you want 75% of 5% of the total market or 25% of 95%?

If you are trying to dump Unix and want to be different or want to the the only player in a small market it might be a viable business decision.

That's the reality of the situation, so I would not hold my breath for Linux/SW.