[FM Discuss] Alternative Party

[Tomi Toivio]

> Are there any nearby universities or technical colleges with programs
> of study in technical writing/technical communication? My impression
> is that this is not as common in Europe as it is in the US. If not,
> then perhaps students in computer science or human factors, in
> addition to translation studies, might be interested.
>

There aren't any in this city, but we are discussing this with the
university of another city. They seem very interested in coming along. I
think that this would be the best way to get enough writers to register in
order create some kind of a wiki effect.

 What software do you know about for open source CAD? This came up in
> conversation over lunch at the Texas Open Source Symposium I attended
> in the spring of 2008. I met a guy from Loredo, Texas who builds
> Ubuntu PCs for customers in the Rio Grande valley. He was looking for
> an open source CAD solution for a client that is an architecture firm.
> A major stumbling block, apparently, is that the most common CAD data
> formats are closed standards where you have to pay a bunch of money
> just to get a copy of the spec. So, I'd be interested in hearing if
> there is such software available.
>

That is a good question. What was mentioned was QCad, but it doesn't seem to
be free software? Somebody must have thought we are documenting anything if
it is available for Linux... I don't know which CAD software would be a good
solution, but at least there are several in the Ubuntu repository.

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Best Regards
Tomi Toivio
Open Source Coordinator
http://fi.flossmanuals.net/
tomi at flossmanuals.net
+358445488856
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