[cad-linux] Re: GraphiteOne 1.2 Release

John,

Nothing to apologise for.
The debate has been interesting and it's good to hear both side air
their arguments.



On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 23:52, john kosty wrote:
> In hindsight, I should have kept that GPL comment to
> myself.  Kudos to Thomas and Fast AG for their time
> and effort in providing for the Linux community.  And
> I apologize for appearing ungrateful.
> 
> Unfortunately over the years I have had to kiss
> several very promising CAD solutions good-bye.  Once
> they appeared on the radar of other bigger companies,
> they were bought and dismantled or crushed.  Very
> similar to what happened in the Browser Wars -- over
> which many scars have never healed ;-)  .  Getting
> back from the melodramatic, I would love to see my
> current package of choice offered on Linux and would
> gladly pay for its continued use.  It is pricey but
> worth it.  Unfortunately, the freemarket tends to, in
> the medium term, yield fewer solutions rather than
> more.
> 
> Again, this is a personal "beef" [though with many
> sympathizers throughout the industry] and is not meant
> to sling mud in the direction of those who are giving
> us what we have been asking for.
> 
> Best,
> 
> John K.
> 
> 
> --- phrostie <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > i understand wanting a GPLd CAD.  i prefer to get my
> > software with apt-get.
> > 
> > but, my Goal is to see Linux become the Primary OS
> > for CAD and engineering.
> > 
> > since my day job has moved from AIX to Windows i
> > beleave this more than 
> > ever(don't get me started).
> > do i have a preference, Yes.  Do i think there is
> > room for both GPL and non, 
> > H@!! yes.
> > 
> > i've been waiting to try this release for many
> > months.  i'll be downloading it 
> > tonight.
> > 
> > On Wed February 11 2004 02:12 pm, you wrote:
> > > Not to sound like a prick but it's hard for me to
> > get
> > > excited about yet one more player on the CAD field
> > > that presents me with a EULA and doesn't mention
> > the
> > > GPL.
> > >
> > > No offense to the developers of what appears to be
> > a
> > > very good effort.
> > >
> > > Just my $.02.
> > >
> > > jk
> > >
> > > --- Janek Kozicki <janek_listy@xxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Thomas Schmidt said:     (by the date of Wed, 11
> > Feb
> > > > 2004 14:05:19 +0100)
> > > >
> > > > > Dear GraphiteOne Users,
> > > > >
> > > > > Today we like to announce the availability of
> > > >
> > > > GraphiteOne version 1.2
> > > >
> > > > I followed exactly the installation instructions
> > > > (that was easy ;)
> > > > and I got following error:
> > > >
> > > > janek@absurd:~$ graphiteone
> > > > /usr/bin/graphiteone: line 90: 31155 Bus error
> > > >         $python $mybase/lib/graphiteone.py
> > $params
> > > >
> > > > I'm using up-to-date debian sarge. so python
> > version
> > > > is 2.3.3.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Janek Kozicki
> > >
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> > 
> 
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