It is sad about the demise of SmartCAM especially when it is adequate for most jobs. On the other hand, I would be very reluctant to recommend that my company back a dead horse. At some point, I believe SmartCAM will no longer run. Some new technology will come along that makes hard drives obsolete. Or maybe the hard drive serial number scheme will change; whatever. At that time, SmartCAM will be limited to legacy hardware that will not be replaceable.
So when do you want to change systems? when you 1000 programs to re create or later when you have 10,000 programs to recreate. I personally believe that the overall lowest cost solution is to bite the bullet and make the transition when there are fewer programs to recreate. If, on the other hand, most of what you do is new and not dependent on "make froms" or previous work, there is probably sound economics in waiting. To quote Dennis Miller, "Just my opinion; I could be wrong." David Hayden Manager of Manufacturing Process Improvement Elliott Company Jeannette, PA 15644 Dan McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/23/2001 03:38:44 PM To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Dave Hayden/elliott) Subject: [mfg-smartcam] hi everyone everyone may think I'm crazy, but I am recommending SmartCam for my company to purchase... for a price of 3,000 for lathe and Advanced 3-d mill, it is a fraction of the price of the mainstream products like MasterCam, and it will still be able to do everything we need for many many years...we don't do molds or anything too complex but our engineering department makes many changes so we need something that will deal with that easily and that has always been SmartCAM's strength... I am an old user of the DOS versions many years ago and was sad to hear that the plug was pulled on SmartCAM, but I still think it is perfect for what we need. I don't require training or support so those aren't factors for me. Any opinions? Dan ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
