[advocacy-discuss] Software 'wish list'!

["C. Bergström"]

Uros Nedic wrote:
>   To whom it may concern!
>
>   This is 'wish list' of software me and my colleagues (and other
> people, too) would like to see ported on OpenSolaris.
>
>   
I don't mean to rain on your parade, but how much of this stuff is open 
source?  Commercial software if I'm not mistaken is generally market 
driven.  If you're truly interested in results I'd identify the closest 
open source counterpart.. ensure it's ported to opensolaris and lastly 
implement the missing features/functionality you and your colleagues 
need.  If you can't code then maybe you can contribute in other ways.
> 1. Adobe (whole software portfolio)
> 2. Wolfram Research - Mathematica
> 3. MathWorks - Matlab
> 4. CATIA (Computer aided engineering software)
> 5. Cadence (whole software portfolio but OrCad first)
> 6. Autodesk (whole software portfolio)
> 7. Agilent Technologies (whole software portfolio)
> 8. National Instruments (whole software portfolio)
>
>   Maybe, SUN could think about giving software engineering support and
> with joint forces with above mentioned companies to port all these
> software.
>
>   
...
>   After that OpenSolaris will be best platform for any user.
>   
There's no panacea in terms of platforms..


./C