[cad-linux] Why this Group? -- Was: 2D versus 3D thoughts: list of candidates
- From: lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:00:03 -0800
The only thing I disagree with Kim on is the list of "needs" before going
outside the group. I think dwelling on the details of architecture or
specifications would be a mistake. Those things are important, but not as much
as the message.
The greatest asset this group has is your collective experience with _using_
CAD to design and build things that make life better. If you can distill that
experience into a message and vision, you can spread it and get it acted upon,
I guarantee. You (the designers of the world) are the ones creating the
medical devices, homes, bridges, and internets that make life better for us
all. Tell people that. Also tell them how and when CAD gets in the way of
doing that, and how it can be made better. OpenSource is as much about passion
as anything else.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Lux [mailto:lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 8:48 AM
To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cad-linux] Re: 2D versus 3D thoughts: list of candidates
"the difference is that now we can be seen as a group instead of scattered
individuals around the world."
Exactly ! If we don't have a critical mass, I'm sure we could gather one/
will gather one when we go public ie on desktoplinux, slashdot, newsforge, etc.
The big thing we have to do before going outside the group is to nail the
architecture,
product spec, vision, etc. Once this stuff is decided and put in stone, the
project will
stay on track. The vision has to have buy in and that will come about if we
build a product
that people want to use ie we get the spec right. The reason all these other
CAD projects started
over the years is because the product offering didn't fit what someone needed
and they decided
they could build something better/ something that would fit their needs.
Kim
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