Oooh, I like an argument. On 5 August 2012 00:11, Ron Ginger <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dave<[email protected]>
>> Typical situation: A user upgrades to the newest version of Mach3 and >> has a problem, states the problem on the email list and gets no >> response. > Dave, you just wont let it go will you. Mach is approaching 50,000 units > sold. It is not slowing, It appears that you are countering an assertion that support is poor with a statement of sales numbers. >> They have been working on Mach4 for a very long time (4 years??) and now >> they are clearly in a game of catchup. > Mach4, as it will ship, has only been underway since the first of this > year, This time you appear to have a point. Though that does seem to confirm the earlier statement that there was no development for the 3 years before that? > All work is being done with cross platform tools, and OEM versions will > be offered on linux and Mac. Now that is very interesting news. I assume that the Mac versions will be USB / Ethernet only as Macs have not had parallel ports since (I think) the Lisa in 1982 ? (Though Thunderbolt looks like a very promising interface for fast IO) > Some are selling more in a month that messa is selling in a year. I think Pete has said that LinuxCNC is about 10% of Mesa's sales. The Mesa hardware is general-purpose industrial IO (as is the Pico stuff). Some of the current Mesa hardware could fit into the Mach3/Mach4 world rather nicely with the right drivers and firmware. I am not sure if the Pico hardware is too reliant on realtime servicing to work properly or if that too can work in a buffered mode. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
