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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

First of all, it's not pointless -- every little bit helps.

Second, CAM requires gcode, and that runs on microcontrollers, not Windows PCs. Gcode can be emitted by all sorts of software, and not all of it requires Windows.

[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

First of all, it's not pointless -- every little bit helps.

And I really want to emphasize this. People are having an "all or nothing" attitude about this when that's not even the point.

If we can replace 50, 40, even 30% of the US software we use daily with European alternatives, it's already a massive win for us. The difference then adds up to millions at scale at the end of the fiscal year.

[โ€“] nico198X@gamepad.club 2 points 2 days ago

@Pirata @grue Perfect is the enemy of good.

Little by little.

[โ€“] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Sure but the vast majority of profession CAM software only runs on windows. Autodesk, SolidWorks, Mastercam, and Siemens NX all only have windows versions.

And I think you'd be shocked at how many industrial machines do run on specialized embedded windows machines and not just little esp32 microcontrollers.

Source: IT manager at a manufacturing company.