A Modest proposal...

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Hairy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
Subject: A Modest proposal...
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 19:04:22 GMT

> I was thinking:
> 
> Everyone needs some kind of schematic package... usually with
> some PCB ability. I wonder if some company would be willing to
> site-licence synth-diy members...
> 
> The idea is we get a discounted price on a basic package.
> Just like the big boys do.  They'd get to sell packages to
> people who might not otherwise buy them...
> 
> We get to (oh boy here it comes...) standardize on software
> we can all swap...
> 
> we can probably make a deal where we would have one contact
> person to handle factory support, so they would not be bothered
> by newbie questions... just genuine bugs...
> 
> I thought of this when
> 1) Design works lite demo ran out
> 2) Eagle lite might be too restricted in PCB size...
> 3) Everyone likes to trade schematics
> 4) I already know about 4 cad packages and I'm getting tired of
>     learning a whole bunch more...

There are people who take this DIY thing even further, they make their own
software! Now, if you swap over to gEDA http://www.geda.seul.org/ you see that
they have a schematics tool and the PCB tool is under serious development as
far as I can judge. Nothing really to show yeat, but they are working on it.

This way no money changes hand - ever!

Certainly, the gEDA tools is not yeat as sharp as the commercial tools, but I
see improvements most of the time and things are really starting to behave
nicely.

Also, you can pitch in and help out too...

It's not that I greatly disapprove about your idea, but I don't think it will
fly (it's my judgement, but maybe one should try!).

Cheers,
Magnus