I have to agree that 1) no Windows version, and 2) difficult installation are real problems for selling gEDA in any real commercial organization.
I've concluded that those of us willing to work with open-source tools don't mind this kind of thing. Neither the installation or limited platforms keeps me from using it, but of course, I'm a hacker. Getting average Joe to use it is another matter... The other issues seem like normal user complaints about typical commercial tools. gEDA is fine compared to half of them out there. Bill On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 15:02 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote: > Hi Guys -- > > I had an exchange with a guy on the Gnucap-devel list recently. He > claimed that gEDA wasn't ready for prime time, so I challenged him to > list specific complaints about gEDA. His response was both thoughtful > and interesting. He posted it to the web at: > > http://www.triode.net.au/~telford/news/2004/12/28/ > > Those involved in developing gEDA -- including myself -- should give > this a read. (Actually, I've read it once already, but want to print > it out & use it as a template for fixing things.) I think he makes a > lot of good usability points. > > Rather than finding excuses for his issues, I think his comments > represent a typical new-user experience, and we should take his > remarks seriously. Some of his points, like the fact that gschem > starts up zoomed waaaaaay out seem spot-on to me. Others, such as his > dislike of Scheme for gnetlist, may or may not be important points, > but it is too late to fix it now. > > I will try to make some patches to address some of > his concerns; others involved in developing parts of gEDA might also > want to take a good, hard look at their stuff in the light of his > comments. His criticism is constructive, and if we pay attention to > comments like this, then gEDA will be improved greatly. > > BTW: I don't mean this to delay the next release. . . :-) > > Stuart -- Bill Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ViASIC
