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Would these need to be US companies?

I know of at least three UK Limited companies (including my own) who use
gEDA, and might be prepared to take on such work - depending upon the
details.

Kind regards,

Peter Clifton


On 14 September 2017 at 00:31, Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt AT recycle DOT lbl DOT gov>
wrote:

> Friends -
>
> I think this topic has come up before, but somehow it is not
> in the FAQ (at http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:faq).
>
> Are there people -- small companies or individual consultants -- who
> will use gaf for contract board design?
>
> I personally have worked with non-gaf board designers, e.g., shipping
> netlists generated with gschem to a PADS layout person.  It's kind of
> a pain.  Communication barriers would be lower and quality-of-results
> would likely be higher if I could work with a board designer that used
> gschem and pcb (or pcb-rnd, or even KiCad).
>
> Ideally the FAQ would have a (non-stale) list of such people.
> If people want to keep their name off the main wiki for anti-spam reasons,
> for instance, go ahead and send me PM, and give me guidance about how
> many of my friends I can tell about you.  ;-)
>
> In my case at least, I'm looking for an organization sufficiently formal
> that they can offer a quote based on an incomplete schematic, and take a
> government purchase order.  Reviewing and completing the schematic would
> be part of the paid work.
>
>    - Larry
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Would these need to be US companies?<div><br></div><div>I =
know of at least three UK Limited companies (including my own) who use gEDA=
, and might be prepared to take on such work - depending upon the details.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Clift=
on</div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote">On 14 September 2017 at 00:31, Larry Doolittle <span dir=3D"ltr=
">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ldoolitt AT recycle DOT lbl DOT gov" target=3D"_blank">ldoolit=
t AT recycle DOT lbl DOT gov</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">F=
riends -<br>
<br>
I think this topic has come up before, but somehow it is not<br>
in the FAQ (at <a href=3D"http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:faq" rel=3D"nor=
eferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://wiki.geda-project.org/<wbr>geda:faq</a>).=
<br>
<br>
Are there people -- small companies or individual consultants -- who<br>
will use gaf for contract board design?<br>
<br>
I personally have worked with non-gaf board designers, e.g., shipping<br>
netlists generated with gschem to a PADS layout person.=C2=A0 It&#39;s kind=
 of<br>
a pain.=C2=A0 Communication barriers would be lower and quality-of-results<=
br>
would likely be higher if I could work with a board designer that used<br>
gschem and pcb (or pcb-rnd, or even KiCad).<br>
<br>
Ideally the FAQ would have a (non-stale) list of such people.<br>
If people want to keep their name off the main wiki for anti-spam reasons,<=
br>
for instance, go ahead and send me PM, and give me guidance about how<br>
many of my friends I can tell about you.=C2=A0 ;-)<br>
<br>
In my case at least, I&#39;m looking for an organization sufficiently forma=
l<br>
that they can offer a quote based on an incomplete schematic, and take a<br=
>
government purchase order.=C2=A0 Reviewing and completing the schematic wou=
ld<br>
be part of the paid work.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0- Larry<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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