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On 15 Feb 2017 18:00, "DJ Delorie" <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:


John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> writes:
> But why, in 2017, would a new user not choose KiCAD for that?

I tried Kicad once.  I didn't like the way the GUI worked.


I think many people have had that experience in the past. Perhaps this is
less of an issue recently though, as they keep making huge improvements.

> Our strength is going the places KiCAD can't.

gEDA existed before Kicad - I would say *their* strength is going to the
places that gEDA can't.


Whatever the reason (and not that this is a problem of any kind), they
certainly seem to have hit critical mass.

Yay for open source EDA! (Surely this is a win for all of us who are
interested in open source development tools being available and used.

Peter

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote">On 15 Feb 2017 18:00, &quot;DJ Delorie&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:dj AT delorie DOT com">dj AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><bl=
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John Doty &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jpd AT noqsi DOT com">jpd AT noqsi DOT com</a>&gt; writes=
:<br>
&gt; But why, in 2017, would a new user not choose KiCAD for that?<br>
<br>
</div>I tried Kicad once.=C2=A0 I didn&#39;t like the way the GUI worked. =
=C2=A0</blockquote></div></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">I think many people have had that experience in the past. Perhaps=
 this is less of an issue recently though, as they keep making huge improve=
ments.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"quote" style=3D"m=
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"quoted-text">
&gt; Our strength is going the places KiCAD can&#39;t.<br>
<br>
</div>gEDA existed before Kicad - I would say *their* strength is going to =
the<br>
places that gEDA can&#39;t.<br></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Whatever the reason (and not that this is =
a problem of any kind), they certainly seem to have hit critical mass.</div=
><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Yay for open source EDA! (Su=
rely this is a win for all of us who are interested in open source developm=
ent tools being available and used.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"auto">Peter</div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
</blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>

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