On 11/27/07, Herbert Graf <mailinglist3@farcite.net> wrote:
> > Let's face it, Windows is still the most productive environment
> > for PIC (and most other MCUs) developement
>
> True, but not everybody does MCU devel, and this thread wasn't
> restricted to MCU devel.
>
> > as well as electronics
> > design (other than some higher end IC design where Solaris and
> > Linux may have an edge).
>
> Sorry, but IMHO you are wrong there. Electronics design in general,
> beyond the simpler levels, is mostly *nix, without question. Yes, there
> are some ports to Windows, but the real tools are *nix. At least, of the
> tools I've used.
>

As you said, it depends on what you do. What I have seen is the
move to Windows from Unix (Solaris especially).

Here we use Mentor Graphics tools for PCB design. It used to be
hosted on Unix but now we can use Windows (and our US colleagues
used to have a Sun Ray, now very few are still using it). I used to use
Synoposis Saber from a SUN Workstation, now I use my Windows PC.

Many EDA/CAD tools used to be Unix only, but now more and more
are available under Windows.

For FPGA design, the same thing happens. The tools are used to be
Unix exclusively, now Windows will do most of the jobs.


Xiaofan
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