[cad-linux] cad-linux still alive [if only on life-support...]
- From: john kosty <john_kosty@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:00:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Moises CastrOporto <moises.castroporto@xxxxxxxxx>
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It´s a live out there??
Nice regards
mOe:)
Still live [and -- sort of -- alive...] lo' these many moons... But I've
attached a screendump of the list's archive page: a little depressing to see
just how inactive this one's been for the past couple o' years. I'm wondering
how to breathe some life into this subject. I attend my local LUG maybe two
times per year -- meetings are monthly. Everytime I stand up during the
Q&A/other segment toward the end and ask my usual questions: Who here deals
with CAD on *ANY* basis; regular or otherwise? Who here is interested in
helping to further the cause? Usually generates maybe five minutes of
conversation and then nothing until I go again six months later. Sigh...
I agree w/ Phrostie: PythonCAD & BRL-CAD appear to have the most ongoing
activity and most promising futures in this arena. Eric Willhelm [Wilhelm?] of
PythonCAD has been, by and large, a one-man show and has soldiered on for some
time now. If I were a "coder" -- rather than a "script-kiddie" -- I'd love to
contribute. Then again, since Python *is*, after all, a "scripting" language,
I guess I'm just making excuses... :-) Please drop by his site and give him
some feedback. I'm sure he could use the encouragement.
Best,
jk
PS: Also attached a screengrab of the archive page for
cad-linux-dev@freelists. I wasn't even aware of that sub-group until today --
or, at least, I'd forgotten about it.
PPS: Anyone here installed [and play-tested] Varkon in, oh, the last five
years? I believe that was my last install and try-out. Would be nice if some
add'l academics would sign on. Seems like it would be a useful addition to
universities and researchers world-wide but then I'm continually surprised at
just how LITTLE interest there is for FOSS-CAD in academia. WTF? I just don't
get it. Too many commercial vendors continually flooding them with freebies?
John Kosty
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Atlanta, Georgia 30306
404.447.3608
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