RE: EMC - a practical implementation?

[Tim Goldstein <tgoldstein-at-mlh-services.com>]

Steve,

You say that you have read with interest, but have you actually setup an EMC
machine and tried it? If you are looking at EMC for any reason and do not
actually have the software setup and running it will be hard to make any
real judgments about it's viability.

I see you are in Denver. If you need help getting an EMC machine running let
me know and I would be happy to help you.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen B. Patterson [stevieb-at-chisp.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 5:23 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: EMC - a practical implementation?
> 
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> We have read with some considerable interest the comments of 
> those trying
> out various "builds" of the software, and the various problems being
> encountered.  Some of you should be aware that there is considerable
> commercial interest from any number of parties (including ourselves).
> 
> However, the system as designed has little redundany and does 
> not degrade
> in a graceful manner.  Error checking is a joke - what does 
> "error XX -
> divide by zero" have to do with the implementation problems being
> encoutered if it won't tell you what's wrong?
> 
> The truth is, "it doesn't matter whether the system performs well at a
> machining task, as long as it is mathematically pure" would 
> be extremely
> funny if it weren't so maddening to those trying to implement 
> the software.
>  These problems tell us this system is a long way from even a 
> hobbyist's
> dream, let alone a practical solution to any machine control problems.
> 
> The essence of a good system design is it's ability to 
> perform marginally
> well in situations never dreamed of by the original architects . . . .
> 
> That is, from the start, the system architect designed in 
> convertability,
> redundancy, portability, adaptability, error recovery, limit 
> checking, and
> all fifteen known methods to implement predictive and 
> graceful degradation
> of performance.  And the systems testing suites were designed 
> in advance so
> that the tough, real-world problems that have already been 
> solved by most
> of the commercial machine control environments could easily 
> be implemented
> here. 
> 
> 
> The impression we have is that this system being built by one 
> or more ivory
> tower types who haven't a clue as to the practical problems being
> encountered by real-worl implementations.  What happened to 
> the idea that
> this software is easy to implement and easy to use?
> 
> We'll be watching.
> 
> Good luck, you'll need it.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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