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Curt Wuollet
Hi Michael
Whoa there! Michael :^)
I was playing the Devil's advocate and saying I could _almost_ see it. Autocad and their allegiance to the Dark Lord of Redmond have been an enormous impediment to many things I have tried to accomplish. It is the sole application binding many operations to the monopoly and a
jagged rock in the stream of change. And yes, it is grossly overpriced and one might wonder if the economics of volume totally escape them. And they _have_ adopted the monopolistic tactics of their heroes. But there is one thing I give them credit for. That is that, at least it
isn't a grossly inferior product supported by such artifice and treachery. Bouyed _only_ by their proprietary formats. If they could come to understand that and lower their prices, open their formats and support the fact that an awful lot of workstations users have no interest in MS crashware for simulations, etc. that may run for weeks at a stretch, I think they could stand on merit. But, they've hitched their wagons to a falling star and will probably
sink with them. I'd be interested in hearing from this group, who has the right stuff to replace them on the premise of being more Open and more useful. Are there serious contenders out there? I haven't seen too many.
Regards
cww
Whoa there! Michael :^)
I was playing the Devil's advocate and saying I could _almost_ see it. Autocad and their allegiance to the Dark Lord of Redmond have been an enormous impediment to many things I have tried to accomplish. It is the sole application binding many operations to the monopoly and a
jagged rock in the stream of change. And yes, it is grossly overpriced and one might wonder if the economics of volume totally escape them. And they _have_ adopted the monopolistic tactics of their heroes. But there is one thing I give them credit for. That is that, at least it
isn't a grossly inferior product supported by such artifice and treachery. Bouyed _only_ by their proprietary formats. If they could come to understand that and lower their prices, open their formats and support the fact that an awful lot of workstations users have no interest in MS crashware for simulations, etc. that may run for weeks at a stretch, I think they could stand on merit. But, they've hitched their wagons to a falling star and will probably
sink with them. I'd be interested in hearing from this group, who has the right stuff to replace them on the premise of being more Open and more useful. Are there serious contenders out there? I haven't seen too many.
Regards
cww