Yep. It's software that does quasi-static analysis for offshore moorings. The 100K version does full dynamic modeling.
When necessary the company "rents" the license of the full on version. Fishermen and charter vessel owners don't like paying to much for a cyclone mooring design. Oil companies, on the other hand, don't have any qualms. But I'm just a draftsman, happy with my AU$5000 copy of AutoCAD <g> Dave On 6/19/05, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 19, 2005, at 6:23 AM, David Savage wrote: > > > US$600 (AU$770) isn't expensive Marnie. At work we have a piece of > > software that cost about AU$15000 (and that was the cheaper > > alternative, the full on software was about AU$100 000). > > I'd guess that it's something CAD-related. That stuff is really > expensive. > > A lot of the "serious" software these days is leased on a yearly > basis. At work, the guys have taken out 1-2 month licenses on > computational fluid dynamics packages. When you get into that kind > of stuff you certainly don't argue about the cost of the computer > it's running on: you just buy the biggest, baddest box you can fit > under the desk. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > >
