I see all this going around and around about TurboCad on this site. I get
regular
spams from Caligari.com, makers of True Space. The first CGs I ever saw
were done by a friend in 1996 of a small wooden tool I had made, he did it on
a laptop using TrueSpace ver.2, and it blew my mind. Back to the spam, I
have long since abandoned True Space for a higher end program but they keep
sending me these offers. For the money, and compared to what TurboCad
offers, True Space is a great alternative. The latest offer is, buy 99.00
worth
of training software and you get ver.5.5 of the program for free. Keep in mind
its not a CAD program in the strict sense, but an excellent design tool and
worth checking out at this price. Nothing in it for me but a little further
down
the road toward carpal tunnel syndrome.
On 09 Nov 2004 03:11:51 GMT, BUB 209 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I see all this going around and around about TurboCad on this site. I get
> regular
> spams from Caligari.com, makers of True Space. The first CGs I ever saw
> were done by a friend in 1996 of a small wooden tool I had made, he did it on
> a laptop using TrueSpace ver.2, and it blew my mind. Back to the spam, I
> have long since abandoned True Space for a higher end program but they keep
> sending me these offers. For the money, and compared to what TurboCad
> offers, True Space is a great alternative.
When you say "spam", you mean unsolicited commercial email? If so, why in the
world would you reward that by giving them _money_? If it's something you
asked to get, however, it is very unfair to them to call their mailings "spam".
Please clarify.
>Subject: Re: Software Plug
>From: Dave Hinz [email protected]
>When you say "spam", you mean unsolicited commercial email? If so, why in
>the
>world would you reward that by giving them _money_? If it's something you
>asked to get, however, it is very unfair to them to call their mailings
>"spam".
>Please clarify.
It's advertising I don't particularly want to
see, so I called it spam. Have I taken myself off their mailing list? No. Is
it a
good product? Yes. Don't lose any
sleep over it:)
On 10 Nov 2004 13:24:04 GMT, BUB 209 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Subject: Re: Software Plug
>>From: Dave Hinz [email protected]
>
>>When you say "spam", you mean unsolicited commercial email? If so, why in
>>the
>>world would you reward that by giving them _money_? If it's something you
>>asked to get, however, it is very unfair to them to call their mailings
>>"spam".
>>Please clarify.
>
> It's advertising I don't particularly want to
> see, so I called it spam. Have I taken myself off their mailing list? No. Is
> it a
> good product? Yes. Don't lose any
> sleep over it:)
Did you opt in to get the mail, or did they send it unsolicited? For me,
that's an absolute - I will not give money to a spammer, under any
circumstace. Now that you've called it spam, can you please tell us if
it was opt-in (not spam) or opt-out (spam)?
>Subject: Re: Software Plug
>From: Dave Hinz [email protected]
(sigh)
I signed up for it, if I recall correctly,
5 or 6 years ago.
Anyway, it's a cool program for
the money which was the point
of my original message. I don't
believe it has the accuracy of a
CAD program, but it does awesome
design renderings. And now that
you know it's not spam but just
something I didn't define very well
because after 5 years their promotionals
get a little tiresome and I was using the
term loosely, you can go out
and buy it with a clear conscience.
You don't even have to like it.
On 10 Nov 2004 22:11:33 GMT, BUB 209 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Subject: Re: Software Plug
>>From: Dave Hinz [email protected]
>
> (sigh)
> I signed up for it, if I recall correctly,
> 5 or 6 years ago.
OK, not spam then. Thanks for clarifying; if I was a software vendor,
I'd hate it if people characterized my newsletter, that they signed up for,
as spam.
> And now that
> you know it's not spam but just
> something I didn't define very well
> because after 5 years their promotionals
> get a little tiresome and I was using the
> term loosely, you can go out
> and buy it with a clear conscience.
> You don't even have to like it.
Glad you cleared that up. Publically stating that someone is a spammer
when they aren't isn't somethign you'd really want to leave out there
uncorrected, after all.
Bob wrote:
>
> "BUB 209" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> sending me these offers. For the money, and compared to what TurboCad
>> offers, True Space is a great alternative. The latest offer is, buy
>> 99.00 worth
>> of training software and you get ver.5.5 of the program for free.
>
> Design cad is available for less than $99 and its a very powerful program,
> if you can figure out how to use it. I gave up trying - burned up two 15
> day trial periods and convinced myself that Cad programs are too difficult
> for
> what I get out of them. I discovered Visio (which my company furnishes
> for free) does just fine for me.
>
> Bob
I like QCAD, and it came free with Mandrake, now I just need to get it to
work on SUSE 9.2
>Subject: Re: Software Plug
>From: Richard Clements [email protected]
>I like QCAD, and it came free with Mandrake, now I just need to get it to
>work on SUSE 9.2
Once a person starts down the path with
any graphics program, why drop it and
start learning another, I suppose. There
ae probably 10 or 20 as good as True
Space, and a new one coming out
every week.
"BUB 209" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> sending me these offers. For the money, and compared to what TurboCad
> offers, True Space is a great alternative. The latest offer is, buy 99.00
> worth
> of training software and you get ver.5.5 of the program for free.
Design cad is available for less than $99 and its a very powerful program,
if you can figure out how to use it. I gave up trying - burned up two 15 day
trial periods and convinced myself that Cad programs are too difficult for
what I get out of them. I discovered Visio (which my company furnishes for
free) does just fine for me.
Bob