[sdiy] PCB/Schematic software

[Graheme Wilson]

On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 11:23 -0700, David G Dixon wrote:

> But the difference is that someone has to create that software, and that
> person has the right to seek compensation for his work.  If all software
> were free, there would be precious little software, because most people
> don't work for nothing.
> 

The open source community develops the software that they need. The
developers being users as well understand exactly what is required. This
model works because it : 

+ provides a community to support and train users
+ users tell others in their profession and the word spreads
+ users have the source code and can modify it their requirements 
+ cuts out software piracy
+ challenges the need for software patents


I discovered Linux in 1995 and having been using it ever since. however
I also use Apple Macs for music and web and MS Windows for music.There
is a staggering amount of good quality free (as in free beer) software
available for Linux and some of it like Inkscape (vector graphics- like
Adobe Illustrator) Gnu Gimp (pixels - like Photoshop) and Open Office
(like MS Office) run on all three of these platforms.

http://inkscape.org/download/
http://www.gimp.org/downloads
http://download.openoffice.org/



Graheme

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