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In fact, the decoupling of Windows-specific calls and the likely introduction of extra bugs would probably make AutoCAD for Windows work less well than it otherwise would.

The more I think about this, the more I am inclined to believe that this would be a bad idea.

If youre one of those users, Im sorry, but I think this is one of those cases when giving you what you want would be bad for everybody, and bad for you in particular.

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If youre a Mac fan who wants to tell me the benefits of your chosen computer family and how inferior Windows is, save it.

My experience of Apple products has generally been very positive.

They look good, theyre well made, they work well, the Mac OS has been shamelessly copied by Microsoft for decades, and so on, ad nauseam.

Yup. Not disputed.

Also, not relevant to the point Im about to make.

Since then, the code base has been spreading its mass of roots deeper and deeper into the Windows soil.

Any Windows-specific advantage the developers can take has been taken.

Reversing or working around that process is a very substantial undertaking.

If it were done, I think it would have the following outcomes.

The stability is likely to be awful, because this will be new ground for almost all of the developers involved.

Developers with AutoCAD experience are going to have little or no Mac experience and vice-versa.

They would be trying to make significant changes to the code base at the same time that that code base is being modified for the next release.

The bug level is likely to be abysmal, both for the above reasons and also because the number of pre-release testers available to Autodesk on this platform is likely to be relatively tiny.

The user interface is likely to be an uncomfortable square-peg-in-round-hole effort, which will work badly and be derided by OS X users.

The Autodesk survey implies that serious consideration is being put into a version of AutoCAD that is missing some of the things that make AutoCAD what it is.

Things like papermodel space functionality, the command line, 3D, LISP, the ability to use third-party apps AutoCAD for Mac LT Lite, anyone If the APIs are not all there, that means no OS X version of any of the AutoCAD-based vertical products, either.

The early 90s attempt at AutoCAD for Mac lasted for two three releases: 10 to 12.

Any Mac user with any sense wouldnt touch the first new Mac release with a bargepole.

That, of course, makes it much less likely that there would be a second or third release.

Autodesks corporate culture (espoused very strongly by Carol Bartz, but dating back to John Walker) encourages brave attempts that may lead to failure.

This policy has unfortunately left large numbers of orphans in its wake over the years.

That means Windows users of AutoCAD would look forward to a release (or more likely several releases) with fewer new features, less completion of existing undercooked features, and longer waits until bugs and other problems get fixed.

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