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On 02/14/2017 11:24 AM, John Doty wrote:
> gEDA attracted and retained *me*. I started out using it to capture
> schematics for ngspice. Then, I was working with a layout contractor
> using PH70, an obscure Lincoln Lab layout tool. I was able to cargo
> cult a back end for that. Then it was IC design review (back to
> ngspice). Then IC design, making netlists for a layout shop using
> Cadence. A bunch of work on schematics for various customers with
> various layout tool preferences. Abstract symbolic circuit analysis
> with a Mathematica back end I wrote. Try navigating that with KiCAD.
> gEDA covers a very different space: that’s what it’s for.

   Very cool.  But that's what it's for *for you*.  I still think you 
should fork gEDA for your own use.

             -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA