[cad-linux] cad-linux still alive [if only on life-support...]

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
828 Ralph McGill Boulevard
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
404.447.3608
john_kosty@xxxxxxxxx

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