Software Bisque Knowledge Base Article - 1169
THESKY FOR MAC OS X, LINUX, WINDOWS AND WINDOWS MOBILE
ISSUE
Is Software Bisque actively developing TheSky for Macintosh OS X, Linux, Windows and Windows Mobile operating systems?
RESOLUTION
Software Bisque is working on the next generation of TheSky, called "TheSkyX" (as well as it's other astronomy products: CCDSoft, TPoint, Orchestrate, PrecisionPEC and AutomaDome) that can be run under natively Linux, Macintosh OS X, and Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Mobile and other operating systems.
We appreciate your patience while we complete this significant rewrite to develop this exciting new technology for the amateur astronomy community.
When more information is available, Software Bisque will post it on our web site, in print advertising, and on the Software Bisque Support Corner.
LATEST INFORMATION
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TheSkyX Student Edition for Mac OS X was released on January 15, 2008 at MacWorld.
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TheSkyX Student Edition for Windows was released on March 18, 2008.
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TheSkyX Theater Edition for Mac OS X and Windows was released August 14, 2008.
Here's the tentative release schedule for the remaining TheSkyX Editions (subject to change without notice):
TheSkyX
- TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition for Mac OS X at MacWorld 2009.
- TheSkyX Professional Edition: July 2009 for Mac OS X and Windows.
- TheSkyX for Windows Mobile OS: no scheduled release date (work in progress).
- TheSkyX Professional Edition for Linux? Although our future products will be able to be run under Linux, Software Bisque is not making a firm commitment to supporting this operating system right now. If you really want a Linux version, let us know.
TPoint
- TPoint Telescope Pointing Analysis Software for Mac at MacWorld 2009. (TPoint is an optional "add on" to TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition).
AutomaDome, CCDSoft and PrecisionPEC Software Add Ons to TheSkyX Professional Edition
- No release date at this time.
APPLIES TO
TheSky Astronomy Software, CCDSoft Astronomy Software, TPoint for Windows, Orchestrate, AutomaDome, PrecisionPEC, TheSky Pocket Edition.
KEYWORDS
SBKB, Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Windows CE, Windows Mobile
Last Reviewed: 10/30/2008