On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Steve Meier wrote: > >>>> >>>> When Jobs and Wozniak were tinkering in that garage, the dominant >>>> computer hardware was System/370. They were wise not to try to >>>> compete with that. >>> >>> jobs and woz used a disruptive technology (the integrated >>> circuit) to >>> compete with the bigger hardware. >> >> And FOSS is disruptive technology, for sure. > > > FOSS is a disruptive technology when you have a large number of > developers, Each working part time or being payed from their job. This > isn't the case with geda.
Well, I don't know. gEDA is certainly empowering me in a pretty radical way. But of course, you always have to use the strength of the tool, not fight against it. > > >> >>> >>> geda and pcb lag far behind in interoperability with other layout >>> programs and with vendor support for capabilities such as >>> programming >>> their flying probe testers. >> >> I've never used pcb, so I can't comment. But gEDA is a great front >> end to every layout flow I've encountered. >> >>> > > I agree the geda works as a front end tool. Better than anything else around, I think. That's a major strength we should build upon. > But you can't take a geda > schematic and send it to an orcad user and do them any good. Never could take a Viewlogic schematic and send it to an Orcad user either. So there's nothing new here. > Nor can you > take an orcad file and use it. This is a very tall wall which stops > people from being able to work together. Even the major commercial tools can't break down each other's walls. > > >>> >>> Would open office be as big a player if it couldn't handle doc >>> and xls >>> files? >>> >> >> Different game. The big tools can't even interoperate with each >> other: ever try to exchange a design with EDIF (shudder)? >> > > > A different game? I think not. See the tall wall discussion above. Would you think it important to get TeX to read Word files? Versatile, effective toolkit versus bloated, inefficient tool. I hope gEDA stays versatile and effective. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
