Steam OS and Inv?

[BarryZA]

As a previous Linux user who had to convert for the sole purpose of Inventor, I wonder what the chances of Inv running on the new Steam OS is?

I don't understand the in-depth stuff, but if this Linux OS can run the latest and greatest 3D games, and it has support for graphics cards, couldn't it run Inv?

Or am I being shortsighted?

[pball]

Since Steam OS to my understanding is a specialized OS for games, I highly doubt Inventor would ever get ported to it. Considering there isn't a Mac or Linux version already I doubt Inventor will ever work outside of Windows.

[mrattray]

I doubt it.

[DarrenP]

i agree there is probably a 0% percent chance that this is going to happen any time soon

[DarrenP]

they would probably develop for the MAC OS way before the Steam OS

[blair]

All that matters is how many corporate desktops the O/S sits on. The corporate world runs Windows for most part with a small smattering of Apple's O/S.

Even Apple doesn't take the corporate world that serious, try to sort your contacts on a iPhone, to sort by Company first, then the individuals name.

[BarryZA]

The reason why I got into Inventor in the first place is because I consider myself a creative, innovative forward-thinking person. And as such I expect the tools that I use to follow suit.

As there is an increasingly large amount of activity in the area of FOSS of late, combined with projects such as linuxcnc, as well as a general trend towards cross-platform support I would expect Inventor to expand, not stagnate or contract in response to the trends that we see happening in technology around us every day.

I understand that I am in the minority here, but I do believe that this is the way forward and that as a customer I should have the right to choose.

So for now it's sticking to Window$.

[blair]

It all comes down to dollars and return on investment.

"I don't understand the in-depth stuff" - The sole reason for companies to be in business is to make a profit. The cost to develop software is about the same for each O/S. So why would you spend resources for something that sits on 1% of the market desktops.

There is a difference from "Leading Edge" to "Bleeding Edge". I am sure the powers at ADSK look at Steam OS as a "Bleeding Edge" due to the limited number of desktops in their target market.

[LT.Rusty]

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@Blair wrote:

It all comes down to dollars and return on investment.

"I don't understand the in-depth stuff" - The sole reason for companies to be in business is to make a profit. The cost to develop software is about the same for each O/S. So why would you spend resources for something that sits on 1% of the market desktops.

There is a difference from "Leading Edge" to "Bleeding Edge". I am sure the powers at ADSK look at Steam OS as a "Bleeding Edge" due to the limited number of desktops in their target market.

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Is Steam OS even bleeding edge when it comes to desktops?  Last I heard, it was targeted at consoles ...

[mrattray]

I'd also add that it doesn't make sense for a large for profit software corporation to encourage use of open source software.

[dgorsman]

If they ever get software-as-a-service (SaaS) going in strength, I wouldn't doubt there would be a port for Steam, Mac, and anything else which can connect to the appropriate service.  After all, the goal under those circumstances is for a minimal front-end with all the heavy lifting being done on somebody else's hardware (along with the associated running and maintenance work).  But as it stands with the current desktop-centric environment, I agree - catering to a very small number of one-percenters purely for sake of ego ("We don't use M$ nyahnyahnyah") doesn't make business sense.

Might be kind of cool if there was a Navisworks-like port though.  Design reviews might run a little better on a gaming-style console...