We are currently using a mix of AutoCAD2000/2004 and SW2004 in our design &
engineering depts, and are committed to a PDM/EDM solution in the very near
future. PDMWorks is the likely (obvious?) current choice.
We have a varied mix of legacy data, both 2D/3D AutoCAD, various flavours of
CAM and others.
We also run Novell servers here, and as a result of the lack of
non-Microsoft solutions availability, look like being forced down the MS
Windows Server route with all the additional costs which this entails.
In a previous firm we used with some success, Cyco "Automanager Workflow"
software for our then mainly Autocad-based design dept, but the current
versions of this (Meridian) seem to require Windows Server/Adv Server now
too.
Are there really no alternatives to the Microsoft route?
Any opinions greatly appreciated.
JB
