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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Freerouting finally free (GPL3)
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Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:14:46 -0400
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On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:34 PM, al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net> wrote:
>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 10:26 PM, al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net> 
>>> We need to make our stuff useful to everyone.  Not just
>>> advanced  programmers.  Lots of pro PC designers can't
>>> program at all, and have no idea how circuits work.
>> 
> On Thursday 10 April 2014, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>  Respectfully, I must disagree.  I believe anyone who is
>> using electronic design tools should be capable of
>> downloading a file and following a four-or-so-line
>> installation procedure.
> 
> If it really is a four-line procedure, not a problem.  The issue 
> is when it becomes unnecessarily complex or doesn't work as it 
> should.  Unfortunately this situation is quite common.

  Not while installing the Sun JVM it isn't.  Been there, done that, dozens of times on several OS and hardware platforms.  No muss, no fuss.

> So have you installed and tested freerouting yet?

  Me??  No.  I route my boards by hand.  I mean, I'd be willing to try it, but in the best case I'd wind up with fully-routed but ugly boards.

                 -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

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