We know that organizations such as Aberdeen and CIMData run all sort of scientific surveys about CAD tools. However, we couldn’t resist sharing our qualitative review of the four most prevalent CAD packages in use in the automotive and aerospace…
For those of you tracking the SpaceClaim “direct modeling” CAD tool, the Novedge site has an interesting first-hand review. We like the notion of SpaceClaim — namely, give engineers other than just the designer access to the model during the…
Do you remember the names CompuServe, Prodigy, etc.? An interesting story in ComputerWorld about “On-Line 1.0“… I recall being a major user of CompuServe back in the 1990’s before the world wide web. It was a great way to get…
An interesting observation in TechCrunch: “Software engineers today are about 200-400% more productive than software engineers were 10 years ago because of open source software, better programming tools, common libraries, easier access to information, better education, and other factors. This…