On Saturday 24 July 2004 06:23 pm, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > We had a "meta-discussion" on this over at NTLUG (North Texas LUG) > awhile back. I talked about BrisCAD's _official_ support for running > IntelliCAD under WINE: > http://ntlug.org/pipermail/discuss/Week-of-Mon-20040628/021557.html > > For more on other, _real_world_ engineering going on under Linux, and > the AutoDesk-Microsoft "cohorts" behind how AutoCAD was _removed_ from > _every_ platform from Windows, read: > http://ntlug.org/pipermail/discuss/Week-of-Mon-20040628/021553.html > > -- Bryan > > <rant=on> >>> pretty good rant whacked > </rant> Bryan: Thanks for your comments and the links. It's always struck me that conversations about CAD -- particularly in computer-oriented contexts -- are much like the fable about the blind man and the elephant: It all depends on what part of the beast that you know -- or think that you know. Trust me, I'm no AutoCAD fan -- but my short answer to the OP's query about a Linux equivalent to AutoCAD is, "Probably not, but there may be kludges. What does the part of the elephant that you're holding feel like?" I suggest that we take any further discussion off-list. It might be fun, and I need a little excitement around here. -- cmg
