[cad-linux] Re: www.free-architecture.org

On Sunday 20 August 2006 07:26, Lars O. Grobe wrote:
> Hi,
> ok, late reply, sorry...
>
> > Would also be great with a free wiki, so that the community can
> > quickly add and change data.
>
> I know, but the problem with an individual running a wiki is that I have
> no clue who can make me responsible for things that (completely
> anonymous) "users" would post there. All the legal problems, and spam,
> and... require that wikis are maintained by a rather large group of
> admins, checking them at least once a day. Also the information is
> getting unstructured, and while great for dictionary-like uses, I am
> targeting more like guides, drafts - collaborative writing, but more in
> a chapter-like style.

Or require a registered user to make changes, along with other anti-spam 
methods, and it becomes alot more manageable.

> > You should also mention that gimp is not really usable for high depth
> > photo work, but rather use cinepaint.
>
> I have been playing around with cinepaint, and should definitely add it
> to the pixel-section. On the other hand, the site is for architects, and
> you will hardly find an architect handling this type of data at all
> (maybe some do, but than they print it on their 4c-printer or save it as
> jpeg ;-). So I think for 99,99% of architectural work, gimp is very very
> ok. imho Cinepaint is great for photo- / video-professionals and
> engineers (e.g. lighting).
>
> The big gap in the software portfolio of open source is competing
> 3d-cad, with accuracy, useability etc.
>
> Lars.
>
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