2008/6/22 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jun 21 10:05 -0500]: > >> When someone develops and maintains a FOSS solution that runs on Linux >> that lets me interoperate with my Solidworks-using colleagues >> flawlessly I will happily donate to the project twice what I would be >> paying to Solid. That's a lot of money to motivate someone. Until they >> fill that need that I have, I will continue to use the only solution >> that exists, which is a proprietary solution. > > I understand what you're asking for and where you're coming from. Are > the CAD document file formats open or are they proprietary like .doc > and .xls, etc.? The answer is important to anyone choosing to > implement your idea. >
Proprietary binary formats. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
