[cad-linux] Re: database application scenarios
- From: "Jeffrey McGrew" <JMcGrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 15:28:34 -0700
> Linux would not be taking over the world without the=20
> stability, speed,=20
> extendability, and power provided by its design and=20
> implementation. If this=20
> system does the same thing for cad/engineering software that=20
> linux has done=20
> for operating systems, the interest will be there from large=20
> and small=20
> companies, users and developers.
It's not just the technical merits of Linux that are leading
people to use it. There are two other things as well.
(just thought I would throw this out there. I'm sure everyone
that has been in this conversation understands what I'm talking
about here, but others, who are only reading, might not.)
For me, the technical merits take a backseat to the value
(it lets you do a whole lot more with a whole lot less)
and the lesser Risk (no vendor to die off in the future
or to sue you out of existence for misusing their product).
Seeing that I'm an Architect, I don't have a ton of money
to spend on IT. If I can set up a server using an old computer
for free that can compete with a new server running expensive
Windows software, then boy howdy, I'm gonna do it and save that
money for something else (like eating). Also, as an Architect,
I'm legally responsible for the long term for everything I
say and do (like a Engineer, Lawyer, or Doctor is). If I can't
open a file in the future because some software company has
decided to change the format, and that one file (due to the
original print being lost) was going to save my rear in a lawsuit,
then whatever that software package was just cost me a whole
heck of a lot more than the price on it's box in the store.
Also, as an Architect, I'll probably always be in the small
business world. While a larger company could survive a BSA
audit; I would not be able to, and could very well loose
by whole business over something like that.
So for me, Linux and Open Source software is more about
value and minimizing risk; the fact that it does certain
things better is really just icing on the cake, so to
speak.
Jeffrey=20
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