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> 1. Popularity doesn't measure power.

The key thing to understand about open source development is that
popularity *does* invoke development resources.  The more popular a
package is, the more talent it can draw from for further development.

If the gEDA project doesn't get a larger core user base, resources to
maintain it will wither, and eventually the gEDA project will die
completely.

At the moment, Kicad has a much larger user base, so they have the
power to influence others.  gEDA doesn't.