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thoughts while readng this article (on paper, not online!): The Engines that Power CAD Software
Big time like offering 100-year support. Fees range from 6k$/year, likely much more for the biggies like boeing.
for the Boeings and GMs of the world, who might want to keep their new today designs of highest tech things (aircraft carriers, nF35, etc) going for certain in 100 years.
reminds me of the paradox we faced at quickmill; the PC indiustry moved so fast that we had to purchase specialty computerrs (industrial, SNC, etc. which drove the price up, when a lowest end PC386 could do the trick for us. as long as we could support a pci slot, no problsme. <$500 copmputer. but when galil stopped doing pci cards in ???? year, those simple PCs become 10x more expensive and none “just get the parts from the local pc store.
also reminds me I did this sort of thing! good old quickcode read .DXF files and made part programs from them. i had to do some research on .DXF, which was pre internet. but this was when Autodesk included a hard-bound manual, probs 500 pages, including the complete spec for .DXF. eventuasllyt they stopped giving the hard bouind manual, but by then the internet became common anbd a quick trip to the right forum or now stackspace??? and someone knows the answer.
