I may be wayyyyy off base here, but...
It's always been my opinion (for what that's worth) that AutoCAD became the
de facto CAD standard because one could install a single copy of AutoCAD on
multiple systems (basically, pirate) years ago when you could not do that
with Integraph/Microstation. Therefore, people did that - over and over and
over... Therefore, more companies used it because it had a lower cost per
system. Autodesk basically took over the market with quasi-free software,
that they would recoup the cost of later. Simply genius if it's true.
--
Doug
"Scott Sheppard" wrote in message
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> If you are Company B and your business stems around the fact that you
review
> Company A's designs, then $99 is a fair price for your participation in
the
> process. You would recoup that in FedEx costs alone. I remain astounded by
> the number of businesses that want software for free. If I am building a
> house, and I decide to buy everything from Home Depot, e.g. cement,
bricks,
> mortar, wood, nails, wires, fixtures, etc., I'd wind up spending a lot of
> money at Home Depot. Does that mean Home Depot would just throw in some
> architectural services for free? I am spending so much money at Home
Depot,
> would you think they could afford to have an architect draft out my home
> design for me? No way. IMHO there is no way DWF Composer should be free.
> Value is added through the markup, measurement, and round tripping back
into
> AutoCAD. The fact that someone else already bought AutoCAD (cement,
bricks,
> mortar, ...) is not enough.
>
> "James Murphy" wrote in message
> news:4092f40c_2@newsprd01...
> > I agree there should be someway for Composer to be available to use for
a
> > client with out paying for it. If I'm a developer and have Co. A doing
> civil
> > design and Co. B doing Arch design why should I have to pay someone else
> to
> > review their designs? If you are Co. A are you willing to buy me a
program
> > to mark up your designs (along with the other 20-30 clients you may
have)?
> > MHO is Composer should be embedded on a firms web page to use and markup
> any
> > drawings (DWF) on the web site and only that web site.
>
>