RE: [avr-chat] JTAG Debug

[Weddington, Eric]

The AVR Tools Group does not think all users of the AVR use Windows. We are 
aware that there are a number of users on other platforms such as Linux, 
FreeBSD, and others. Yes, the majority of AVR users develop on the Windows 
platform. Currently AVR Studio only distributes on the Windows platform. The 
tools for our newer AVR32 processors are distributed on Windows, Ubuntu, and 
Fedora. So it is wrong to think that the AVR Tools Group is not aware of other 
users. It takes time to build something that is truly cross-platform and 
especially something as complex as AVR Studio.

If you need some resource, such as documentation, and you cannot get it because 
it is only available on Windows and you do not have Windows, then please 
contact avr[AT]atmel[DOT]com to request it.

Eric Weddington
Product Manager
AVR Tools Group
Atmel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden 
> [mailto:address@hidden
>  On Behalf Of Joerg Wunsch
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:55 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [avr-chat] JTAG Debug
> 
> Marge Coahran <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Is the implication that 
> > nobody working on unix systems uses the Dragon?
> 
> The implication is that the AVR Tools Group, which is the "owner" of
> all the hardware tools (AVR Dragon, STK500, STK600, JTAG ICE etc.)
> considers AVR Studio to be their only supported way of handling the
> tools, including the documentation for them, and including firmware
> upgrades.  They want a single package to maintain, and it's their
> believe providing a Windows-only package is sufficient for all the AVR
> user.
> 
> Thus, if you disagree, please go ahead and tell them that you don't
> have/don't want Windows yet still are interested in AVRs and the
> respective tools.  Don't expect an immediate change upon telling so,
> but if you *don't* tell them, they will remain confident their view is
> the correct one because they simply can't imagine there's a
> substantial amount of users outside the world of Gates and Windows.
> 
> -- 
> cheers, J"org               .-.-.   --... ...--   -.. .  DL8DTL
> 
> http://www.sax.de/~joerg/                        NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
> 
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