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Regarding the growth of forum help requests we don't have to sell anything .
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Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
easyw-fc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:48 am Unfortunately I found that many people at kicad forum think that FC is not 'mature' enough to be used as mechanical companion of kicad in ECAD MCAD collaboration.
Many of them just cited what FreeCAD site state at its download page:
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Please note that FreeCAD has still not reached a version 1.0 status in our view, and might not be ready for production use.
I assume you are talking about this page...
https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php
to be accurate it does not quite say that. you have only quoted the first line.
This is what it says.....
Firstly that line says "might" not be ready, it does not say it "is" not ready. Which is pretty much what you are saying, "not over selling or under selling". that is pretty accurate I think. I think FreeCAD is great but its not feature complete and is still a 'work in progress".Notes
Please note that FreeCAD has still not reached a version 1.0 status in our view, and might not be ready for production use. Nevertheless multitudes of users use it. To find out if FreeCAD is appropriate for your project, please check out the FreeCAD forum.
The second sentence says
the third sentence saysNevertheless multitudes of users use it
Of course all the above could be re-worded. I think you guys would agree that something like the following might sound betterTo find out if FreeCAD is appropriate for your project, please check out the FreeCAD forum.
Development of FreeCAD is continuing at a rapid pace. Although in our opinion it has not yet reached a version 1.0 status, many have found FreeCAD to be production ready for their purposes. To find out if FreeCAD is appropriate for your project, please check out the FreeCAD forum. Or maybe that is over selling a bit?
Jim
Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
I used "sell" in quotes because we are a project not a product.jmaustpc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:23 pm Of course all the above could be re-worded. I think you guys would agree that something like the following might sound better
Development of FreeCAD is continuing at a rapid pace. Although in our opinion it has not yet reached a version 1.0 status, many have found FreeCAD to be production ready for their purposes. To find out if FreeCAD is appropriate for your project, please check out the FreeCAD forum. Or maybe that is over selling a bit?
Jim's is better than mine. Let's continue to refine this message!
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Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
Because I'm receiving exactly this only part as an objection to adopt FreeCAD for designing...
That phrase is exactly what most people perceive.
I think the FreeCAD project is too much underestimated atm.
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Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
Phrased very good (as far as a non native speaker can tell) and not overselling at all.jmaustpc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:23 pm Development of FreeCAD is continuing at a rapid pace. Although in our opinion it has not yet reached a version 1.0 status, many have found FreeCAD to be production ready for their purposes. To find out if FreeCAD is appropriate for your project, please check out the FreeCAD forum. Or maybe that is over selling a bit?
Perhaps we should name our goal why it is not 1.0 yet.
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Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
IMHO we should focus on what we agree on. I think jmaustpc's wording is strong and accurate. I think that abdullah hit the mark. Where are we?, is easier to agree on, than where do we need/want to be. I agree that it's not "oversold".
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Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
That's pretty accurate and selling it quite well. It gives the user confidence that it's not a dodgy software project without a bunch of false expectations..
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Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
+1, that's a truthful and fair description.jmaustpc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:23 pm Development of FreeCAD is continuing at a rapid pace. Although in our opinion it has not yet reached a version 1.0 status, many have found FreeCAD to be production ready for their purposes. To find out if FreeCAD is appropriate for your project, please check out the FreeCAD forum.
Another +1.
Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
If the Development roadmap was up to date it could be linked, but it has not seen an overhaul since 2014.
Re: name FreeCAD 0.91 instead of 0.20, means version after 0.19 could be 0.91
I do not agree here, because it highly depends on what you do with FreeCAD. For some workflows at my work FreeCAD has passed 1.0 years ago, for others not. Since we do not know what the reader would like to use FreeCAD for this could be highly underselling!Although in our opinion it has not yet reached a version 1.0 status ...