The real impediment to LinuxCNC having a larger adoption is.. Arduino. Not Mach. Not LinuxCNC itself.
The whole way the younger generation is being taught that what they are doing is cutting edge and new and exciting and that there is nothing to learn from CNC as it is old and outdated is the real problem. Was on Slashdot a month, or so, ago and was discussing the Dremel 3D printer. Someone asked why they did not have a commodity CNC mill instead. I pointed out that the 3D printer was a very simplified CNC machine. A milling machine has orders of magnitude greater complexity and the skill of the operator needed to be higher, in general. I had someone present a number of cases of how skilled the operator of a 3D printer needed to be (all of which dealt with how flimsy the reprap derived hardware was) and someone else who referred to me as a buggy whip manufacturer. (Yes, and I have been watching the newer generation work from starting principles recreating buggy whips using christmas tree tinsel). Machinists - or even people who understand the concepts - can make informed decisions about which CNC interface to use. If I want to quickly re-skin something for someone who is tech adverse, I would go with Mach in a second. The young want "new" even if they have to buy into a myth to make it happen. You want people to adopt LinuxCNC? You have to tie it to a new machine that is cutting edge, then bill it as open source. Right now, Instructables is hyping their new desktop milling machine and Make is excited about this new innovation. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Len Shelton <l...@probotix.com> wrote: > Except that the only reason that Mach3 is popular is because it runs on > Windows, which is a feature that LinuxCNC will never have :-P > > >Len > > > > > On 10/22/2014 9:20 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: > > I think there is plenty of reason to care about why another control may > be more popular, including commerical/industrial controls. Looking at how > other controls do things and understanding why they may be more popular > provides valuable information on what might be improved in LinuxCNC. With > larger volumes of users come larger volumes of unique perspectives and > feedback on what could be better. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
