On Saturday 01 January 2011 18:12:45 [email protected] wrote: > Thanks Terence > Do you believe a commercial effort providing services using geda > will be wortwhile? Upstream or downstream linkages may be needed > Else the item can be safely dropped
For pcb both sides use gerber and cnc files. Both are standard outputs in geda. For schematics the process gets murky as there are no standards. However geda outpputs stuff as txt. One possible area would be writing an orcad to GEDA converter. > Jitendra > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > -----Original Message----- > From: jtd <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected]: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 > 18:08:34 To: Indian FOSS Community Network > list<[email protected]> Reply-To: Indian FOSS Community > Network list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [fosscomm] > Foss in Graphics : Towards Commercially viable Organizational > effort > > On Saturday 01 January 2011 11:59:47 jitendra wrote: > > The undersigned wishes to find out if any effort on the following > > lines has been undertaken. I wish to contribute to the same or > > else initiate the same. > > > > Background > > > > 1. The manufacturing sector needs a lot of 'commons' including > > basic or generic software on which some additions can be easily > > made for specific applications.particularly India can gain a lot > > if such teams are developed in India. > > 2. Education sector needs these very badly too. > > 3. Most graphics packages cannot be localized due to > > non-compatibility of opentype fonts for indian scripts(though > > unicode). I have successfully solved the same problem using FOSS > > for some packages. This requires further efforts on a national > > scale. > > 4. many great efforts have been made in the past but many are > > orphaned. 5. Teams are not in India. > > 6. Business models , if any are not clear , sustainability is > > in doubt. 7. I am located in IITB and can gather some resources ( > > human, financial and organisational) that can be useful > > 8. I am passionate about this (though I am not an expert in > > this , I know many who are) > > > > Organisational concerns > > > > 1. A Non-Govt effort with Govt (support to the extent > > available) 2. a commercially viable effort > > 3. a cooperatively managed effort with remuneration to > > contributors in a transparent manner > > 4. A non-profit research organization (foundation) to manage > > the functioning and own the IP > > 5. of course all development to be in pure FOSS , letter and > > spirit 6. Service to be the main revenue channel > > > > Domains currently (or initially ) focussed > > > > 1. Mechanical CAD : FreeCAD and CollabCAD brl-CAD may be > > starting points. Aim is to meet industry requirements > > 2. Electronic CAD : GEDA may be starting point. a more > > integrated package is needed. > > Geda works just fine as is. > > > 3. GIS : for egovernance > > > > Those interested may contact undersigned offline > > > > jitendra -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
