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Subject: Re: [geda-user] About reinventing the wheel, and how to avoid it
From: John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:31:32 -0600
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On Sep 11, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> . As such a limited set of hardware
> types is not only perfectly fine, it's even a distinguishing advantage.

Ugh.

> 
> Don't believe it? Well, then use gschem to draw a layout and send the
> result to a PCB house.

I get gschem designs to production just fine. This includes PCBs and ASICs. But geda-pcb is too difficult to use and too restricted. I’ve asked the various layout people I work with to look at it: nobody likes it.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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