On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:22 -0500, Dale Grover wrote: > I bought the schematic entry/pcb/autorouter package a few years from > Electronics Workbench. It crashed frequently for me, had problems > with new part design, and in general frustrated me so much that I > gave up using it. I would specifically not associate the words > "professional caliber" with that software. Granted, this is a sales > and marketing person, and perhaps the software has been improved > tremendously and is now "professional caliber," but it did give me a > laugh reading this. > > It is a pleasure using open-source tools such as PCB, and my thanks > go out to the folks who have put so much time and effort into the > tools.
Typically, I lurk on this list and do not post. However, in this case I'm making an exception: The word(s) "polished" and "professional caliber" in this instance refer to gui window dressing and not to stability or usability. I have found the geda tools stable and reliable. I tried electronics workbench and quite frankly, it was not reliable in many areas that I needed reliablity in. Further, I use many of the geda tools for real work - not hobby stuff and have found them to be stable, reliable and usable. In short, this is a marketing Talking Head doing what a Marketing Talking Head does: Talking about things they do not understand and using FUD. Regards Marvin Dickens Alpharetta, Georgia USA
