Re: Next big app(s) to try?

[Kuba Ober]

On Sunday 17 February 2008, denis bonnenfant wrote:
> Another major application that may be interesting to support is SolidWorks.
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=8983
>
> Why ?
> - It's one of the most popular CAD application for mechanical design and
>
> engineering, and surely the most used for educationnal purposes. Although
> the industrial version is quite expensive, thousands of $ or €, it is
> availiable for free for students in europe, and currently, it is the only
> app that may prevent them from switching from Windows to Linux.

In similar vein I'd add Alibre Design, which provides almost the same 
functionality for 5-10x less money.

Cheers, Kuba