Everybody says it but nobody does anything ... well maybe with the exception of platform.com. The reason for not having any CAD/CAM packages (except Nastran/Patran) ported is that the software makers don't see any financial gain in it. Not many users running their software on Windows will switch to Linux version, the only ones will be people running their software on Unix. Therefore, there is no gain, and it's not going to pay or itself. Of course they say it would be nice to have it ported to Linux but economically it just doesn't make sense. I would expect to see CAM soft being ported to Linux faster because of computation power needs where Beowulf cluster would fit really nice. I know there is a few companies working on it right now, but it takes time. If you are really interested in porting some software to Linux go visit www.platform.com and let them know.
Marcin Kurc CAD Systems Administrator Cooper-Standard Automotive -----Original Message----- From: Juari Ritter Müller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: AutoCAD (or similar) for Debian/Linux? I agree. GNU/Linux should be respected and suported by the big softwarehouses. On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 10:36:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are a number of Linux CAD apps that support AutoCAD dwg files...the free > ones that I tried I found rather rudimentary (just the basic CAD stuff). I > imagine the ones that cost $$ may be better. > > In order to run AutoCAD 2000, I broke down and installed Windows (AutoCAD being > one of my main reasons, although not my only reason). > > Someday I look forward to a world where all apps are available on Linux > natively. AutoCAD really should look into having a Linux version--after all > R11 was on UNIX as well. (BTW, anyone ever try to port that one over???) > -- Juari Ritter Müller mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| /J\_/U\_/A\_/R\_/I\ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| \L/ \I/ \N/ \U/ \X/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GE d-- s: a18 C+++ UL++ P+ L++> E- W+ N+ o? K? w-- O? M? V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R tv- b+ DI D++ G e h! !r y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
