I think the alternative with the greatest momentum at the moment is KiCAD. I haven’t tried KiCAD yet. The problem I have is that I have a ton of libraries and projects I’d have to convert. I suspect that there is automation to perform the import (or soon will be), but it’s basically NRE that I’m not looking forward to. That doesn’t really change with whatever option I pick, other than sticking with EAGLE. I’m not yet 100% convinced Autodesk won’t reverse course on this, unless they really *do* want EAGLE to die the death of a thousand cuts.
> On Jan 19, 2017, at 7:52 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <rich...@karlquist.com> > wrote: > > Off topic, but probably a lot of disgrunted Eagle users on this list. > Its official, you will now have to pay $500 per year for a > professional license from Autodesk. The spin meistering of the > announcement would make George Orwell proud. I don't see any way they > can keep me from just using the license I currently own, at least > on the OS's it supports. (Parenthetically, like many users, I > am also digging in my heels in terms of staying at Windows 7). > > Still, the question arises: are there any affordable alternatives? > Don't have to be entirely free. I am looking for any trends out > there as to what tool will attract a critical mass of users in > the future. There is strength in numbers. > > Comments? > > Rick N6RK > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
