On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:07:17 -0700, OLD-CADaver
wrote:
>Nice dodge.
OLD-CADaver,
You said, "Interoperability is only a problem for single-platform
users of competing software."
Yep... I agree it's a problem for users with one cad software program.
Yep... I disagree that it is not a problem for multi-platform cad
users, because interoperability is about translation across software
application programs that include cad, estimating, project management,
facilities management, visualization, etc.
You said, "I, personally, would rather see ADESK expend resources
making their product better, than on interoperability with other
products."
I respect your opinion. My opinion is that ADESK resources expended
on interoperability with other application software would return
ten-fold rewards to users as well as adesk. My opinion is that
expending resources on making better product without improving
interoperability is a dead end street.
You said, "We are a multi-platform shop, whatever output the client
requires is the the program used to produce the project.
interoperability is never a concern."
Again, I respect your opinion. And, that is great that your
"multi-cad-platform" shop gets the job done for your clients. Clients
that I'm familiar with are asking for greater productivity, shorter
project time, smarter documents, better coordination between project
conception to project demolition and that requires better Autodesk
software that is interoperable across multiple software applications
providing initial project programming, conceptual designs, cost
accountability, material availability and leadtime, etc.
Autodesk is already accountable for interoperability, and if it wasn't
/ isn't provided, my prediction is that it won't be around long into
the future. If that's a "dodge", then I'm sorry I don't know what
your meaning is.
Tom
Thomas E. Momeyer, AIA, CCS