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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb alternatives
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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:23:21 -0600
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On Mar 17, 2015, at 8:59 AM, John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com> wrote:

> I'm the same -- hard to see what is so hard about it anymore.  It's usually
> the lack of an organized small group of current-day-usable footprints
> that puts people off.

What puts *me* off is the lack of any clear conceptual foundation to stand on. There are no elementary objects to group together to make complex objects. There�s no grouping hierarchy. Instead, there are predefined complex objects with arbitrary magical properties, interacting in unpredictable ways.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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