[cad-linux] Open data formats (continuation of previous thread)

Last week the following question was asked on this list:

"Here's the tough question: If there were a state of the art CAD program that 
was free, would you really be that much better off in you profession? Flame 
if you must, but it's a question worth considering."

The responses I though were intelligent, well thought out, and quickly went 
to the root of the issue which is freedom to access your own data, and not 
necessarily free as in cost.     As it turns out I received a magazine in my 
office with an interesting and related article in it.  I thought the article 
was very timely so I wrote to the author asking if he would post a copy to 
the web and allow me to link to it.  Anyway here is the link (and I really 
recommend that if you have a few free minutes that you check it out).

http://www.id-8.dynip.com/Articles/September-2002.htm


The reference to the Microsoft letter and Dr. Edgar Villanueva's response to 
Microsoft can be
found here:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6099

Andy

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