On Sep 11, 7:30 pm, NeonJohn <[email protected]> wrote: > It was one of the worst piles of steaming ..... that I looked at. gEDA > is not a tool set. It is a collection of disparate programs written by > different authors and linked together with command line format > conversion programs.
A typical open source program written by developers for developers. They simply don't understand users, which simply want a tool that works. And are often willing to pay for a good one to boot. > That was another one that I really wanted to work because I support GNU > and because of the hype from the True Believers (TM). All of the workhorse software that makes my career function has to be paid for. Even Linux would be unuseable save for the value added by the distributors. For which they deserve to get paid. LTspice is a special case. Free for me, but of course it's development cost is subsidized by LTC. [edit] > I'll have to admit that I went into the project with a chip on my > shoulder for Eagle because of its unorthodox user interface. I had > casually tried it several times before and hated it. > > But like the other tools, my test was to actually enter the schematic > for a real product and lay out a board. By the time I got through I > realized just how well we were working together, Eagle and me. Enough > that I popped for the package out of my own pocket. Since I've only ever used Eagle on Linux, where there is just no standard of UI behavior whatsoever, I've never noticed anything funny about Eagle. > Eagle has some warts. There are lots of errors in the footprint > libraries, especially those supplied by part vendors. Apparently no one > at Eagle checks the part before it is incorporated into the library. My > habit is now to check each new footprint in the footprint editor before > I lay it down on a board. Someone wrote a program to convert all the > Eagle libraries to KiCAD libraries so be aware that the same problems > exist there. Silly stuff like no solder mask on one side or the other. > Stuff like that. Yes, be careful with part libs! > I REALLY hated to have to go with a pay package, both because of the > nick to my wallet as well as my support for Open Source software. > > John I don't mind paying for good software. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
