From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Richard B. wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:53:59 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
>> Yes, I know your situation is different from mine, but what did you do for
>> those certain applications you needed when you were on OS/2?
>
> Back then everything did run under OS/2, we were forced to move to NT
> mainly because of Autodesk.  MS Office became a standard as well that
> helped kick the horse.
>
> I just can't see the MS OS model lasting much longer.
>
>> The trick is not to get so integrated that you can't ever move again,
>> everyone wants integrated systems but there is a downside to too much
>> integration.
>
> Can't help it irt to AutoCAD.  We'd need a very compelling reason -
> like a "new" CAD package that is quickly adopted by everyone - that
> would allow us to move on.  We'd need plenty of other application
> vendors to have products that ran natively on the new platform.
>
> I wonder if we'll get back to where we use to be with small, tight
> applications which, by their nature, would be a good fit for internet
> distribution.
>
> We're starting the install of Autodesk 2007 products...talk about code
> bloat, these pigs are quite portly!
>
> - Richard
>
& it looks like your choice might be limited...

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