[wplug] BricsCad goes Linux

[Beth Lynn]

Someone who works for BricsCad sent this to me in personal mail.
I've never been a CAD user so I know nothing about their product.
It's still interesting to see more great software for Linux.

Enjoy!

Beth Lynn

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BricsCad goes Linux

Press Release

BricsCad
Poortakkerstraat, 35
B  9051 Gent
E-mail: backoffice at bricscad.com
Website: www.bricscad.com

 BricsCad opens LINUX for the DWG community

Gent, Belgium, March 10, 2004. BricsCad, the market leader in low cost DWG
CAD software, today announced the beta release of BricsCad for Linux. The
product is based on the IntelliCAD kernel
.
BricsCad for Linux addresses the untapped group of individual and
corporate professional CAD users in the LINUX community allowing them to
use their operating system of choice without being locked out from the
professional Engineering world and the DWG standard.

BricsCad for Linux will be supported for RED HAT, SUSE and JAVA DESKTOP
(Sun Microsystems). In a first phase the software will run in the WINE
environment, enabling a quick availability on a fast growing market.

BricsCad IntelliCAD - the best alternative for AutoCAD. - is only running
on Windows and is a very cost-effective alternative allowing huge savings
for large corporations. For an AutoCAD. user the conversion takes no
longer than half a day and retains full compatibility with the rest of the
DWG based industry says Erik De Keyser, CEO of BricsCad. Our largest
customers - multi billion Dollar/Euro companies - use this mission
critical software in their day-to-day jobs, proving the actual robustness
of it. Some of them still keep a few AutoCAD. licenses combined with their
main BricsCad IntelliCAD platform, thus proving the full compatibility
between both.  The moment is right for offering all this to the LINUX
community. What BricsCad for Linux represents for the LINUX CAD
environment is comparable to what Open Office is  vs. MS Office. :
continue the job on your OS of choice and stay compatible.

The LINUX market is rapidly growing, helped by the availability of
standard applications such as Open Office. But a major part of the
industry cant be reached due to the lack of standard engineering tools.
BricsCad is focusing on this missing link and offers a helpdesk for those
application developers that want to port their DWG applications to LINUX.
Interested beta-testers are invited to contact BricsCad at
linux at bricscad.com . BricsCad plans to have a commercial version ready by
the end of Q2, 2004.

Pricing of BricsCad for Linux will be similar to the pricing of MS Windows
based versions, thus will perfectly fit in what the LINUX market is used
to. BricsCad for Linux further addresses the growing concern of cost of
ownership for CAD software in large corporations. According to a recent
article of Martin Day in CADSERVER, for the first time this topic has
become a major concern. BricsCad is the company by excellence that has a
business model adapted to the new requirements: low cost of ownership,
compatible software and daily direct support to the customer.

About BricsCad
BricsCad develops vertical software applications for the AEC
(Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry.  BricsCad employs a
team of highly trained professionals in CAD development.  BricsCads top
AEC software runs both on AutoCAD. and IntelliCAD, demonstrating the
compatibility of both platforms.  BricsCad is a leading member of the
IntelliCAD Technology Consortium and promotes IntelliCAD as a
high-performance engine for DWG applications.  Thousands of clients
worldwide use BricsCad IntelliCAD as a real alternative to AutoCAD..  At
the same time, BricsCad is also one of the leading companies of Building
Information Modeling (BIM) software with BricsCad Architecturals, the only
3D modeler for DWG that offers real 3D connectivity, and develops
top-notch software for third parties.