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Subject: Re: [geda-user] geda-skeleton-project: Lowering the cost of a starting a gEDA project
From: John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
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On Jan 16, 2013, at 9:22 PM, Phil Taylor wrote:

> On 1/16/2013 9:52 PM, John Doty wrote:
>> But from where I sit, it appears that to a great extent pcb users (including you) simply took over the gEDA project,
> 
> Oh how dare they ... write code(?).

Was the code really needed? A true advance? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

>  That's sort of how it works right?

The trouble here is the biased, pcb-centric viewpoint of the pcb developers. gEDA is good for so much more. That's why it would be better to call the project in question pcb-skeleton-project rather than geda-skeleton-project, since it's pcb-centric. I realize that some really like pcb, and I have absolutely no objection to pcb-centric projects like this. But I object to the constant implication that only the pcb flow matters for gEDA: I believe that is very damaging. Why should gEDA only be for the subset of people who find pcb usable?     

> 
> And from "where I'm sitting" I can confidently say I have benefited and at times even made a living using the geda/PCB system.

For me, gEDA yes, pcb never.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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