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

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

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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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> 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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> I just can't help letting some steam out on the issue. I've been using
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> There is simply no enough demand for CAD on Linux, and for Linux in
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> 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
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> 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.
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Carlos Contreras, presidente
Club Científico de Peñalolén, Santiago, CHILE
http://www.clubcientifico.cl
fono/fax. 562-7691307    09-2114827

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