From: Al Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Building geda under Windows Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:57:00 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > The effort of sweeten up the application with > > artificial sugar should rather be invested in making the > > applications work better with each other. > > Absolutely!! The down side of our tools is in how they work > together. Exactly! Don't underestimate the power of a common GUI look and feel, hooks into each other and no fuzz with hacking scripts etc. Schematics, Layout and Simulation all need to fit together, work together and you should not even have to bother with exporting between tools. While some people don't want to work that way, others want to, and for students doing a few small assignments the more streamlined it can be to have the toolchain working, the larger chance is it that it can be used for that. By loading additional libraries etc (again in turbo-automagic) you get into a more complete hobbyist tool and you can have attracted the attention. A normal EE student and an EDA hacker has different requriements on what they want, and infact many of the EDA users will probably be more like the EE student for many minor projects. I still can't advice non-hackers to look at gEDA for an alternative tool. Cheers, Magnus
