Re: Arbortext Buy-Out

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

And what is their attraction to Arbortxt that won't result in
something being ripped out, incorporated into their mainstream
product with no attraction to Arbortext's current user base, and the
rest discarded?

--- William Gaffga <WilG -at- GibbsCAM -dot- com> wrote:

> Perhaps you've never heard of PTC, but _many_ in the manufacturing 
> 
> sector, particularly CAD/CAM, know PTC very well. Their app Pro/ 
> ENGINEER ("Pro/E") is not the same market space as AutoCAD. Pro/E
> is a very solid, high-end solid modeling app (and CAM options for
> actual manufacturing) where AutoCAD doesn't know jack about that
> space. In their market, they are more like M$ than Corel.

John Posada
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