On Wednesday 22 August 2012 01:32:45 Glenn Edwards did opine: > I have downloaded DraftSight and registered it. However, I also have a > current paid subscription to SolidWorks, from Dassault as well. I have > never had a problem with registering for their products and they are > very reputable in the CAD industry. Also, both products work quite > well when my computer is not connected to the internet so I am not sure > how they can take something back that they have given for free. Future > updates is an issue, of course, but no one is forced to upgrade. I > receive no money from Dassault, and never have. Just my two bits > worth. > > Glenn
I nuked that .deb a few hours ago. Maybe someday I'll try again. Success will likely depend on me killing the spam rule I installed because I had tried to register it a couple years ago & that registration email got lost by verizon.net. One of the many reasons I bailed & put the phone and the net on the local cable folks, 100's of times more dependable. > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:24 PM, John Stewart <alex.stew...@crc.ca> wrote: > > All: > > > > I had the Draftsight registration issue, too. I also like to be able > > to do CAD drawing on my laptop, without an internet connection. > > > > I got QCAD for my mac. Seems to work; it works better than my > > knowledge of CAD 2D drawing is, anyway! > > > > If Draftsight is giving their software away, why bother about the > > arcane licensing issue? When will they revoke the license? At least > > with QCad, I own it until the cows come home. > > > > (I don't like paying for SW, but as a recent paid app developer, I > > enjoy when people pay for my app!) > > > > JohnS. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Those who can, do; those who can't, simulate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
