Preaching to the choir, but corporate software is abysmal dogshit (hexbear.net)

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https://www.ni.com/nl-nl/shop/product/multisim.html

^^^^^

The above worthless trash known as "multisim", used for simulating circuits costs 905 EUR and

Doesn't have a linux version
Is missing 90% of new commercially available parts
Doesn't have a method of easily adding those parts (except manually, 1 by 1) (as far as I know)
Has garbage UI (you can only undo 4 times) (adding or removing a single component can easily use up more than 4 moves)
Inconsistent simulations (making the sims work feels like trying to appease a capricious God to not curse you with famine)

The free open source software (qucs-studio) seems to have none of these problems, though I have barely used it.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

But does it have proprietary file formats that lock you into using the product? What about a subscription service that locks you into a system where the TOS could change every month?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

But does it have proprietary file formats that lock you into using the product?

Oh yes, obviously. Why wouldn't it?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

The best is when they intentionally break the file format in minor ways every version, so that you can always import older files but the second you open them in the newer version say goodbye to any backwards compatibility.

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