On 9/29/2011 2:44 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > 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.
Drink a beer or two for me! I would certainly enjoy the opportunity to enjoy a drink with my friends on the KiCad development team. Maybe next time. Wayne > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
