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There is an interesting 6-part LTSpice overview/training on YouTube by none other than the creator of LTSpice itself (Mike Engelhardt) and at the very start he mentions why he thinks that the best simulators are written by the concerns that need them (e.g. Linear Technology at the time, Analog Devices now) as opposed to software companies. See https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6gKThjZIj-s.

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> the best simulators are written by the concerns that need them

I agree 100% with that statement.

But that statement is also 100% orthogonal to mine (Analog should OpenSource LTSpice: both they and LTSpice users would benefit immensely from doing that)

But it's a hardware company, this is an argument they are culturally incapable of understanding: the whole OpenSource thing is just alien to their way of thinking.

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