Basically, it says if you download their 2019 Draftsight version, you will no longer be able to use any older version, and all free versions will cease to work after 12/31/2019. They are not clear on what happens with Mac and Linux versions, but it doesn't sound good.
I was all excited to hear about another CAD package that works on Linux, but now I'm not sure I should waste time learning about it. It is indeed unclear. I would be unhappy about losing free access to Draftsight but would grudgingly cough up the $99. If they discontinued the Linux version I would be be devastated, though. If you do have Autocad experience, you'll have no problem whatsoever with Draftsight as it's practically a clone of Autocad. If that's the case, you've got nothing to lose downloading it now and hoping you can keep it. On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 4:44 PM Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > On 03/23/2019 11:52 AM, Greg Bernard wrote: > > Now that I'm retired and no longer have access to Autocad I'm using > > Draftsight for all of my 2d work which is practically indistinguishable > > from Autocad with the advantage of being free and running on Linux. > Wow, you need to read this web page : > > https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/download-draftsight// > > > Basically, it says if you download their 2019 Draftsight > version, you will no longer be able to use any older > version, and all free versions will cease to work after > 12/31/2019. > They are not clear on what happens with Mac and Linux > versions, but it doesn't sound good. > > I was all excited to hear about another CAD package that > works on Linux, but now I'm not sure I should waste time > learning about it. > > Any comments are welcome. > > Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." -Kenneth Boulding, economist Corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech! _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
