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Open Source and Free Software

Stinky The Clown

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2. Auto desk makes Microsoft look like open source software

Reply to madokie (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 11:08 AM

Jan 2012

I know no other software as locked down as autodesk. My company owns totally legal seats. One of our employees installed her seat under her own name, not the company name. When we tried to move her seat to a new computer, auto desk, acknowledging that our company bought and paid for the seat would not allow us to move it.

It will not run under wine, so far as we could determine.

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Thinking of a new laptop [View all] madokie Jan 2012 OP

Are you going to dual boot it? bemildred Jan 2012 #1

Me, ubuntu, wine and autocad get along just fine madokie Jan 2012 #4

Auto desk makes Microsoft look like open source software Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #2

I'm running it under wine madokie Jan 2012 #3

Thanks! We're running it in Parallels. It runs faster than on a native WinBox on my MacPro. Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #5

Watch out for older versions of Autocad angryfirelord Jan 2012 #6