Re: Re: ASME (or other) Piping Codes and Standards

Sanjay Laturkar wrote (in part):

> "It can not be stolen, the king can not confiscate or tax it and this
> treasure increases all the more with sharing.
>
> Knowledge truly is the highest form of wealth"

It's impossible to disagree with this sentiment. People cannot "unlearn" things.

Is the solution to make important technical information freely available to all? If so, who compensates those who "create", assemble, maintain and disseminate this information? And at which rate of compensation is this done?

As you correctly point out, remuneration for services can be vastly different in different parts of the world. I don't have a fix for that.

Since you work in India, I have to ask how much do you pay for engineering software. Is it less than what the price is in North America? The last time I checked, a new AutoCAD license in Canada cost about CAN$4500. If you want to run a 3D CAD piping program on top of that expect to pay anywhere from CAN$2500 to CAN$12,000 depending on the package and options chosen. This example excludes software like PDS or PDMS.

I used CAD software simply because it tends to be the most expensive; it also does nothing related to actual design - it's really just a sophisticated electronic pencil and communication tool.

Unless Indian companies are paying drastically reduced prices for 3D CAD software I don't see how purchasing ASME standards at ~US$450 each is a real burden.

Regards and thanks for the great post,

Paul Received on Sat Aug 04 18:24:00 2007