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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better)
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 19:25:14 +0100
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On 22/06/2025 19:10, john larkin wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:10:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
> <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:52 this Friday (GMT):
>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:16:49 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 01:46:26 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:46:21 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We use PADS. We've been using it since the DOS days when there was
>>>>>> basically nothing else.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems like it’s still around, but it’s gone cloud-only.
>>>>
>>>> Not for us. We purchased six copies outright.
>>>
>>> Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete,
>>> unsupported software?
>>
>>
>> A lot of companies do, for one reason or another.
> 
> I inherited a hammer from my grandfather. It pounds nails just fine.

I use 20 year old CAD software. IN a walled garden
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