Re: EMC - a practical implementation?

[JohnDRoc-at-aol.com]

Steve,

"Easy to use" is both subjective and relative.  When I started messing around 
with EMC three months ago, I was just to the point of getting RH6.0 to 
install successfully - I didn't even know what a "Makefile" was.  Three 
months later I've successfully compiled several kernel versions and three 
versions of EMC.  I've been able to give new life to a Milltronics machining 
center, with a dead and obsolete controller.  No small feat for a gratuitous 
Tool Shop owner with little money and lots of worries.  My point is, EMC 
might not be perfect, but there is definitely more to it than you're giving 
credit.  Furthermore, the information is available.  Sure it's not as 
accessible as clicking a Help button in Windoze, but the NIST guys have been 
very helpful and congenial - all you gotta do is ask.  And hey, reality 
check, if you think the software stinks - don't use it - or I'm sure you can 
find someone who will, for a small fee, come out and set it up for you.  
Bottom line is, don't look a gift horse in the mouth - EMC is free.

-John