On the geda-user mailing list started a _very_ interesting discussion about the future of open source EDA tools and openhardware trends.
See: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cad.geda.user/44049 The event that kindled the discussion is the eruption of new web tools like these: http://www.digikey.com/en/resources/scheme-it https://upverter.com/ There is a big mediatic pressure to use this kind of web/cloud tools http://electronicdesign.com/products/still-drawing-circuits-napkin-try-scheme-it-instead And someone see these as what really are: a new and powerfull kind of lock-in. The real problem? As always: the document format. Adapt or die. How to remedy? - unite the scarce resurces: you may say I am a bit naive but I always wondered the reason of the existence of two so similar (at aim) projects like geda and kicad. What about to keep in touch more and try to, if not coalesce, integrate better what can be easiling united like component libs? - try to create a common format to use or try to consider the other free formats more in a way to make easier to import/export from/to these sibling projects with the goal to be able, one day, to use a unique common source What do you think? -- Marco Ciampa I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. +--------------------+ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | +--------------------+ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp