[cad-linux] Re: cad-linux still alive [if only on life-support...
- From: Andrei Smirnov <andrei.v.smirnov@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:55:51 -0400
It appears that if you are any kind of designer, be it Web, Music, and
especially Solid modeling (CAD), you have to become be a Microsoft customer.
And this is quite unfortunate, because every time I am forced to use
Windows, I find the whole interface so much worse to work with than Linux
Desktop. I feel a bit pity for most PC users who've been deprived a better
experience. If China or other countries do something in this regard it would
be wonderful. If I was a foreign entity I wouldn't want to see my national
IT infrastructure be controlled by propriatory formats. Even Google Sketchup
is for Windows only -:(
I want to reiterate that the dinosaurs would have never died out in a
natural course of evolution - it takes a meteorite to to clan things up. A
platform independent CAD system, such as Python CAD may be a great idea.
Andrei
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Carlos Contreras
<clubcientifico@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I think some countries have the power and are interested in having
> independent CAD system. China, by example, developed FreeCAD some time ago
> but for Windows, maybe so large a country, with the largest engineering
> community, have interest in open source software.
> regards
>
> --
> Carlos Contreras, presidente
> Club Científico de Peñalolén, Santiago, CHILE
> http://www.clubcientifico.cl
> fono/fax. 562-7691307 09-2114827
>
>
> 2009/3/4 Dave Jacques <engrafdave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > I sure would like to see some kind of renaissance of Cad for linux. I am
> > however out here on the bleeding edge of architecture and the standards
> are
> > just so high. I certainly would use something on Linux if it were
> available
> > and I do watch this group for that reason. The state of CAD to is such
> that
> > unless Windows were to just fall off the planet there is no way there
> will
> > be any kind of effective CAD in the Linux domain. I hate to say this I
> > really do but, facts are facts. The changes I have seen in the past five
> > years are mind blowing, I would just be happy with something that is on
> the
> > level of oh, say release 12 of autocad. It wouldn't even have to be X
> based.
> > I sure wish that AutoDesk was mor altruistic in nature...
> >
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrei Smirnov <andrei.v.smirnov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 9:29 pm
> > Subject: [cad-linux] Re: cad-linux still alive [if only on
> life-support...]
> >
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> > Hi everyone,
> > I just can't help letting some steam out on the issue. I've been using
> > Linux
> > for most of my professional life. And now I work at a company where I am
> > developing software on Linux. However, when it comes to CAD, 100% of
> people
> > in my company use Windows versions. And this seems the case elsewhere.
> CAD
> > is a specific software controlled by a few vendors, which is sufficiently
> > complex to write and brings a lot of revenue. I guess they reckoned that
> > porting it to Linux will not pay off, since this is such a small market
> > share, and the maintenance and support are costly. Nothing to say about
> the
> > Microsoft policies.
> >
> > I remember several years ago, when I worked at the University, I
> installed
> > Linux version of Pro-E at the computer lab with some 40 workstations,
> which
> > I also converted all to Linux. It worked for a while, but the Linux
> version
> > had glitches, and then Linux support for Pro-E was discontinued. The
> whole
> > lab was turned back to Windows.
> >
> > There is simply no enough demand for CAD on Linux, and for Linux in
> > general.
> > And that is in part because there is not enough exposure to Linux by
> > vendors. Practically all new computers are sold with Windows
> pre-installed.
> > A vast majority of people will not think of buying a computer and
> > reinstalling the operating system. Once a status-quo has been established
> > it
> > almost takes a miracle to break it. Do you think that the dinosaurs would
> > have died naturally in the course of evolution? I think that if it was
> not
> > for that asteroid that killed them, we would have never had a chance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrei
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>
> --
> Carlos Contreras, presidente
> Club Científico de Peñalolén, Santiago, CHILE
> http://www.clubcientifico.cl
> fono/fax. 562-7691307 09-2114827
>
>
>
--
Andrei V. Smirnov, PhD.
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