K.J. Kirwan wrote: > I agree, this has potential. > This is the Red Hat & Fedora two-pronged economic model: > Maybe LinuxCNC could do something like this? > > EMC2 = The correct choice for the hobbyist and weekend machinist > EMC2plus = The correct choice for the company who must have paid support > > EMC2 = Free to buy, No support fees, Email or no support > EMC2plus = Free to buy, Varying support fees, Varying phone/on-site support > > This is pretty sketchy, a lot of details to work out, but the concept is > good. > > Mid-sized companies get the support they must have to produce parts, > Hobbyists (and large companies) get a very good CNC system for free, and the > LinuxCNC group gets a little income to pay developers and support people. > > It's a win-win-win. > > Thanks, > > Kim This looks to me as a hardware sales opportunity more than a push with EMC. Ease of use(canned cycles or wizards) is king when selling a system along with easy to maintain hardware. The ideal is to sell a customer on ease of use and "Open" modification capabilities as in Classic Ladder and the HAL layer for maintainability. Ed.
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