-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Robert Russell wrote:

This is slightly off topic, but does impact Linux, I think.

In trying to dig up info on Microstation for Linux I've been told that neither of the above are fully supported in any OS other than Wintel:

"only available under the Wintel OS's due the full implementation of the Parasolid and Java kernals (both would not fully be supported in other OS's)."

Where did this quotation come from, out of interest?

I regret that I can not fully grasp what this means. If it is true would it be adviseable to pass this seeming Linux deficit on to the Linux developers, or maybe not. I might suppose it to be inadviseable.

Any thoughts particularly from those who really know Linux.

Some thoughts from someone who knows a bit about CAD systems... The ParaSolid kernel is a library that is used by a number of CAD systems to provide 3d modelling capability. It is available for all the main commercial Unix variants, as well as Windows on both Intel and AlphaStations. You should be able to find out more details from <A HREF="http://www.ugsolutions.com/"><A HREF="http://www.ugsolutions.com/</A">http://www.ugsolutions.com/</A</A>> , although I haven't got time to check right now. I imagine that the only reason it is not available for Linux is that Unigraphics Solutions do not consider there to be sufficient demand for it. I can't imagine there is any technical reason why it could not be ported to Linux (as a Linux non-expert, I wait to be contradicted on this!) There has been a certain amount of discussion on some of the CAD newsgroups recently, which suggests that there may be some demand building up for major CAD systems on Linux. It may be just a question of waiting... Incidentally, one CAD system, Varimetrix, has been available on Linux for the last 2 years - they obviously think there's some demand there. (Details at <A HREF="http://www.varimetrix.com/"><A HREF="http://www.varimetrix.com/</A">http://www.varimetrix.com/</A</A>> , from memory). - -- Kevin Howe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBNsHVB74qfSr4DIndAQElkQL/SYrux8d+WhO74Hs1bVJxMdxacWam6+xl xnJMshjWKVev23+DDTd61Rh0Tuvvrzs9ja4/Ti6IgGPOzUOODzzEeTpUL2TgNhu3 sBPUJ5ayCfoKY3iLS6nVck0H6AKgPC9O =E6PN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>