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Hello all!

Quoting Bas Gieltjes <bas AT gieltjes DOT dds DOT nl>:

> Hello Svenn,
>
>> How was the edacore idea received,
>
> As a positive idea. Peter Stuge put an emphasis on the fact that it is
> currently vaporware! Over dinner Peter Clifton and Wayne Stambaugh
> (KiCad) have been chatting a bit about collaboration. That could be a
> start for the free software development.

So let us start to bring the Idea of a common platform for EDA to reality.
I don't like vaporware :-)

>> and where can we follow any future progress?
>
> It should be edacore.org but you land on another page of Peter S., he
> has registered the domain: http://whois.domaintools.com/edacore.org
> That site could start with the FOSDEM presentation sheets to spread the
> idea.
>
> There is also an irc channel #edacore at irc.freenode.net

We need obviously something that attracts people (and firms) to contribute
to such a common EDA platform.

In my opinion, something like a well-repute form of organisation (like
a foundation I guess) helps also to bring vendors into. I already
contacted the lawyer of the Document Foundation (the foundation with
LibreOffice, located at Berlin) last year for a good first talk.
For him, a foundation is also a matter of money (~100k).

> I would also like to thank Javier for organising the Electronic design
> automation devroom and for persuading people to give a presentation.
> The devroom had 60 seats that were continuously filled during the day.

Yes, of course, Javier you did a great job organising the Electronic design
automation devroom! My impression is, that there is a need for further
meetings/hackathons dedicated to F/OSS EDA tools and bringing the developer
and user together.

I vote for repeating this event next year, might be even on both days with
more room and time to came up with fruit-full discussions.

At second, thanks all for the nice talks during the day 'til  
Vietnamese dinner.


Regards,
Hagen Sankowski


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