WTF?
Apparently AutoCAD is coming to the Mac OS. I've got a mac, and a bootcamp install of Windows 7. I like both, but find I use the mac side for personal media management (videos, photos, and music) and windows 7 for productivity. This might be because I've used Windows personally and professionaly for years and am more comfortable (although 7 is quite a departure), or it might be do to all the software available on Windows. Will this push ESRI to release something for the Mac? They've got an iOS app already. I doubt it. They are pretty heavily tied to windows, and porting that much code can't be cheap or easy. There would have to be a pretty big incentive. It isn't clear if it is just the base AutoCAD coming over or the whole family, including their GIS (Map 3D). If a competing GIS becomes popular on the Mac, then that might be enough incentive... Anyway, I guess this shows how macs are not just the domain of graphic designers, web developers, and personal computers anymore.