I agree. If it's the tired and blue "Kill Bill" mentality so prevalent amongst certain anti-establishment quarters, perhaps someone might even go so far as to suggest that the disgruntled, aging hippy boss get some professional psychological assistance with his um...problems.
Or I'd suggest that you consider a job change in the near future, as he's likely to screw your career without a second thought in order to further his political objectives. After all, you're talking about someone who wants to drop a package which your company already presumably owns (gleaned from your post) for a relatively unproven open-source product, operating on a platform which itself to this date has not really been proven to be economically viable for circuit design and analysis outside of the hobbyist realm. Even the entry that Mr Selfridge claims as a Linux equivalent is a hack in comparison to Protel...8 layers? And I'm a fan of open source. But let's get real. aj >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robison, >Michael R NAVSEA >Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:17 PM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Open source equivalent to Protel > >Trentino wrote: > >I am a very happy Protel 99SE user but my boss is infatuated >with open source and he is asking about open source PCB >schematic and layout programs. >Personally I see no reason to switch from Protel 99SE or DXP >but he wants us all to switch over to Linux sometime in the future. > >****************** >As long as you keep a proven design package on the sidelines, >and as long as through-put is not a big issue and deadlines >have breathing room and your boss doesn't mind paying for >design time that might have to be redone when an open source >package fails you, I see no reason not to try open source. > >However, your management might also want to carefully examine >the reasons for going to open source. > >Michael > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > This e-mail transmission and its attachments may contain information from Avtron Manufacturing, Inc. that is proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
