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Totally going to check this out. I've been rooting for FreeCAD but I think it's just going to be consumed by Ondsel in the next few years. Does CADmium suffer

• prokoudine 2y ago
  > I've been rooting for FreeCAD but I think it's just going to be consumed by Ondsel in the next few years. Extremely unlikely. Also, no such plans :)
  • logrot 2y ago
    I appreciate the sentiment. But we both know that plans change. Especially in the software world and even more so in the startup business. Also, "no plans" doesn't really mean much. "I guarantee" is a lot more meaningful.
    • prokoudine 2y ago
      Well, I could go on and on about this, but consuming FreeCAD is not just unrealistic, it's undesirable. The best a startup company can do is work in quick iterations: throw things at the proverbial wall to see what sticks, then scale up development accordingly. "Consuming FreeCAD" is the opposite of that. It's how you paint yourself into a corner and die a horrible death. A much healthier approach is to build a great working relationship with the community: lead the way in a few areas where you have great expertise and encourage development in other areas. It has worked nicely so far. So no, sorry, I don't see Ondsel consuming FreeCAD over the next few years (or ever). But we can agree to get back to this conversation in, oh, 5 years time would be enough?
• delfinom 2y ago
  If you worry about freecad/ondsel Well this article talks about revisiting venture capital in the future. Which pretty much means the end of cadmium at that point haha
  • logrot 2y ago
    But maybe CADmium will have a bigger dev group. FreeCAD devs aren't many and Ondsel has hired quite a few.