Bari, A person working with the controls and software is usually easy to convince of the power of Linux. The guy with the funding sitting behind the Windows computer running the management software probably doesn't realize the management software server is running Linux. The golden rule is as follows - He who has the gold RULES. Windows is his interface to the world. TPC (Tool Point Control) is one of the current buzzwords known in the sales world.
Stuart On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:46 PM Bari <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't worry about someone thinking that Linux means something 2nd > or 3rd rate. Hell I'd run screaming from anything that says Wind0ws and > CNC or real time. This is just someone with funding that doesn't know > much about operating systems or how to really judge CNC controllers. I > work with all sorts of software with names I would not of picked with 20 > ft poles. If I went by the name only I would not have much to work with. > > On 4/15/21 3:30 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > Which EMC Corp sent the letter demanding the group stopped using EMC2? > > There are at least three now. > > > > https://www.emcins.com/ EMC Insurance selling insurance products > > > > https://utility.org A utility services corporation > > > > https://www.dellemc.com/ A wing of Dell > > > > I don't see how they could complain if we went back to using EMC2. > > Especially if we tagged it like - "EMC2 - A Linux based Industrial > > Control". Or some such moniker. > > > > The same name - three distinct industries. I didn't search deep and found > > three major companies. A fourth would not cause any waves. > > > > regards > > Stuart > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:09 PM Jon Elson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 04/15/2021 12:36 PM, John Thornton wrote: > >>> Well it could be shortened to > >>> > >>> NEMC > >>> > >> Nope, the dastardly EMC2 corporation would be all over us if > >> we did that. > >> That's why we had to change the name about a decade ago. > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-developers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
