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On Feb 15, 2017, at 10:57 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

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> John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> writes:
>> But why, in 2017, would a new user not choose KiCAD for that?
>=20
> I tried Kicad once.  I didn't like the way the GUI worked.  Silly
> analogies aside, the two toolchains work differently, and people =
choose
> whichever one works best for them.  Just because they don't use the
> tools the way YOU use the tools, and just because you don't understand

Ways. Plural. Going a bunch of places other tools can=92t go.

> why they're using the tools, is no reason to drive them away.

Not interested in driving anybody away, just trying to be realistic =
about who we can attract. You, yourself, have also asserted that we =
cannot compete with KiCAD.

>=20
>> Our strength is going the places KiCAD can't.
>=20
> gEDA existed before Kicad - I would say *their* strength is going to =
the
> places that gEDA can=92t

I drove a ragtop Jeep Wrangler across the country once. Never again. So =
yes, the Subaru goes places the Jeep won=92t ever go again. But in the =
mountains...

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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