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On Nov 16, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:

> Further...said with respect...I have to agree with DJ's pushback to
> your earlier comments.  They are not constructive.  The developers who
> work on gschem and PCB are highly competent; every bit as competent as
> you and I.

Understand that I work in the space program, and have lived through the consequences of mistakes by extremely competent people.

>  Please stop insulting them by vocally and publicly assuming
> that anything they do will automatically become a train wreck.

In my business, that *is* the assumption. And highly competent people do not find it insulting. We all know that we can make billion dollar screwups (I've come closer than I like to doing exactly that).

>  I, for
> one, like their work.  So must you, at least to some degree, or you
> wouldn't be here.

I'm happier with the work on the foundations. But the gschem UI is what it is, very old fashioned, and trying to improve it by adding "features" has made it harder to use, not easier. 21st century UI's are fundamentally very different. I would support an effort to make a modern gschem.

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