[cad-linux] Re: cad-linux still alive [if only on life-support...
- From: Dave Jacques <engrafdave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:14:36 -0500
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...
-----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...]
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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