On 09/02/2011 07:22 AM, Javier Serrano wrote: > Hi guys, > > I thought I'd let you know before publishing it, to get your reaction: > we just met in my section and decided we are going to give a serious try > to Kicad. > > What this means is: > > - We will now start working on work package descriptions to take Kicad > to a state of features compatible with > http://www.ohwr.org/projects/ohr-meta/wiki/Foss-pcb. > - We will try to use CERN-compliant mechanisms to inject some resources > from our side on development tasks. > - We will advertise the WP list in forums to get extra help. > > This might well result on extra burden on the Kicad management level: > more open WPs, more patches to approve/reject, more traffic in the > mailing list... so I'd like to know if you think Kicad is ready for > this, and also any suggestion you may have about how to proceed with the > points listed above. I am very excited about this and looking forward to > working with you. > > Cheers, > > Javier
This decision is a direct result of all the hard work people are doing in this project (and some selling). I am proud to be part of your team. The folks at CERN are what I call "first dominoes". More will come, if CERN does not stub their toes. I am traveling next week to speak at this conference: http://www.ohwr.org/projects/ohr-meta/wiki/OHWorkshop I will finally get a chance to meet Jean-Pierre face to face and have a beer together. The gEDA project will not take this lying down. I suggest we give serious attention soon to writing conversion programs from all of their formats. It's weird having to think about competing here. But I have been playing this game in the software private sector for 30 years, and know that being able to provide a conversion path for datafiles from the competing tool into yours is critical to gaining market share. These conversion tools could be external, and written in a language of your choice. Opportunities abound to become a respected contributor here. Thanks to all again, Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
