Solidity for SolidWorks?
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From: Cliff on 26 Jan 2008 10:30 On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:02:58 -0800 (PST), jon_banquer <jon_banquer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Tom Brewer Writing About SmartCAM: > >"I ended up paying a consultant $40.00 per hour for two weeks." Actually quite a good deal for Tom if any good. And no clueless jb either no matter what. -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 26 Jan 2008 10:30 On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:02:58 -0800 (PST), jon_banquer <jon_banquer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Conclusion: You've been trying to smoke that Lithium again. -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 26 Jan 2008 10:32 On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:58:38 -0800, gk <glkd(a)cox.net> wrote: >Michele is also doing very well. There's a Mike that now goes as as Michele in some circles. -- Cliff
From: jon_banquer on 26 Jan 2008 11:33 >Either Ray gets consumers what they want, or the consumers will tail back on maintenance, as I >am doing in 2008. I can't justify the hit to productivity to go to 2008 this year. In a slowing economy many SolidWorks customers will not be upgrading to SolidWorks 2008. Can't say I blame them. Jon Banquer San Diego, CA
From: Bo on 26 Jan 2008 12:36
On Jan 26, 6:32 am, Bo <b...(a)tilikum.com> wrote: > On Jan 25, 2:21 pm, zxys <p...(a)zxys.com> wrote: > > > > > My best guess of what we will see from the new CEO at SW Corp... > > > ... do some background checking,... Hugh Jefferson (Jeff) Ray > > III.....background = Sales and Global Sales. > > > Let's see,.. if I were a CEO leaving SW Corp,.. I would hire someone > > who was very good at,... let see,.. sales! > > > There you have it... I really don't think performance or quality are > > the main focus or will they ever be at SW Corp. > > > The main focus will be,... just staying ahead enough to keep your > > complacent conservative and new 3D users interested. > > > Just another AutoDe$k making their mark, buying up technology and > > using ideas from others to sell more licenses.. > > > .. (break it, fix it, break it, fix it,..... promise to do better,... > > = great business plan = SALES!) > > Well, maybe if we look at the past, for another innovative company > that switched from the initial management to the next generation, > maybe we'll find some insight. > > Say Apple after Steve Jobs when they bring in John Sculley who was > steeped in, well, sales. Who "fixed" Apple after the mess it got its > product line into? Steve Jobs after returning, who is and was > basically a product designer who had the consumer in mind. > > So at SolidWorks we have Mr. Ray now as CEO, and I want to know if he > actually knows how to use SolidWorks? I doubt he is a serious user, > but could be wrong. I suspect the demand from Dessault for profits > from maintenance fee income is immense. Either Ray gets consumers > what they want, or the consumers will tail back on maintenance, as I > am doing in 2008. I can't justify the hit to productivity to go to > 2008 this year. I particularly can not justify paying $2k, for > something I may not be able to use until June or September. > > Finding a good release of SolidWorks, using that release for 3-4 years > until a new good release hits and buying SolidWorks again may be the > most cost effective way to go, when you consider training time. > > Bo Meanwhile, I've finally accepted the fact that we can't get rid of mosquitoes here-abouts, so back to the "Solid" usability issues. Dessault may WANT accelerating sales and profits each year out of SolidWorks, but if you don't give users long term stable monthly value over time, then what keeps the customers buying each year? I have taken SolidWorks surveys from time to time, but they don't ask some questions I would want to know if I was inside of SolidWorks & TRULY NEEDED to know what happens to users, like...: 1. How many hours per month do you spend on maintaining... -----A. your Windows OS? -----B. SolidWorks & finding fixes and workarounds for SolidWorks? -----C. SolidWorks & its accessory programs doing Service Pack upgrades? -----D. Negotiating with management or IT departments to try to improve your productivity with SolidWorks? 2. How many times each year have you had to reinstall...: -----A. Solidworks -----B. Solidworks accessory programs and add-ons (not counting SPs) -----C. Windows 3. How many hours do you estimate you have lost in the last year due to SolidWorks problems requiring reinstall, developing workarounds & debugging. 4. Do you have a monitoring routine in place using standard files and functions which you use regularly which lets you know whether your workstation is maintaining its "as installed" speeds in various functions like Open, Save, Export, Redraw, Rotate, etc? 5. Would you buy a $20 utility with standard 3D data files which executes a standard set of tests on your workstations to assess the ongoing performance of your Windows systems? 6. Would you use UNIX on your workstation to run SolidWorks if SolidWorks offered the option, in order to improve your uptime and security & if so why not? If you take a look at what Apple, Inc. is doing, they are widening their offerings in hardware and software to give users the flexibility to do what they want and still make it fairly easy to control or recover when they can't control things. Time Machine was the start in 10.5, and now in a month Time Capsule which is an 802.11n router w/ server grade Hard Drive, so that all machines can be easily kept backed up on an hourly basis. Apple is attending to users' business, and they are making a ton of money doing it. The Apple Stores became the fastest retail launch to achieve $1B/yr sales...ever. Apple has proven that attending to users needs makes for great growth. What do I see coming from SolidWorks to help with performance and safety? Well, now lets count the ways, uhh... Hmm, I think I see an opportunity here for something which benefits both SolidWorks and its users. Could a salesman see such a need? Has it just been shot down because "SolidWorks won't make enough profit on it.", or has it even been considered? I understand SolidWorks not really using this newsgroup much (given JB & friends, though I just ignore that), but I seriously hope that as a salesman, CEO Ray gets his marketing team to keep their eyes peeled here on this newsgroup. If I detected all sort of innovation for users, I would not have written this long post. I think most of us on this newsgroup would love to see more innovations designed to improve our productivity & security, as opposed to spending so much time touting SolidWorks 2008, and then at SWks World discussing what is on the burner for SWks 2009. I'ld venture a guess that 95%+ of all SolidWorks users are using SolidWorks 2007 or older. Those are viable solutions for those users, and ought to be minimally supported at the very least. Apple, Inc. still provides updates for their computers which go back at least 5 years, and the latest OS & Applications run acceptably on those older machines, and sometimes faster than prior OS versions. Is there something to be learned here? I truly believe there is. Apple has shown that user centered solutions sell, as long as you do NOT abandon your equipment that is already in the field. Enough Already - Bo |