On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:46:46 +0100 (CET) Milan Hru�eck� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > How about a Knoppix based live-cd set up just for gEDA, and saving to a USB > > thumbdrive, local hard drive, or a network drive ? > > No please, we use lot of OS dependent tools. > Do you remember old days of frequent switching between Linux and Windows? Horrible > memories. *If* it got finished the live-cd would ony be an adjunct to gEDA, no one has to use it, it would just be like the current choice of 5 BOMS, choose the one that suits you. Yes, those times of trying to interwork Windows and Linux were *horrible*, in my case Windows got the axe! > > > The company I work for doesn't want to hear about "Open Source" or "Free > > Ware". For reasons that I can't phantom, that sounds like "Junk" to their > > ears. They are getting a T1 line to get with the times. I suggested using > > Linux, for firewall/router. They literally laughed in my face. "No we'll > > limp along like this for a couple of months, till we can afford to install > > this $4,000 router". > > We have started to use gEDA (and Linux later on) in our company because our EDA > product > we have purchased have some drawbacks. Product without the drawbacks was too costly > for our company in those times, even we were few. > Some weeks ago my boss have told me: Okay, we have now enough resources > to move back to Windows, Word and other costly "standard" products. > But after counting the price of all needed SW multiplyed by number of current users > he found out, > that even now we don't have enough money to work under MS Windows and other > specialized comercial products with equal easyness, quality and realiability. > We are rather going to buy a new company headquarters. > > > No worries about any good software like gEDA ever making it to some companies, > > no mater how easy it is to port. > > gEDA and Linux is a standard SW equipmment to all of 10 engineers in our 30 people > company. Wow! > We use gEDA/gaf for designing and documenting of wire harness, we use it for > designing > of electronic boards, we are going to use it for FPGA design. gEDA/gaf is in our > company > key software tool. The gEDA/gaf is giving us the right flexibility. > Porting do not bother me any more. What a great account of using gEDA! There you go Ales, no need wondering if anyone uses gEDA anymore ;-) > > > thanks for gEDA > > I wish you a Happy New Year > > Milan Hrusecky Happy gEDA new year to you too Milan! -- Kind Regards Terry * See my Gnu/Linux EDA webpage at : http://milkstone.d2.net.au/ * Free Software provided by GNU; http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
