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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Mustakos" <rmustakos@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:35 AM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New electronic design and layout software


> A good solution is to go in and reverse engineer the libraries for the
> different existing programs.
> Then write a program that converts between library types.
> That does two things:
> 1) Lets you convert all the public domain libraries you can find and
> ship them with your programs
> 2) Lets you sell an add-on to companies that have proprietary
> libraries they use or sell.
> By the way, make your converter two way. That way it is a real stand
> alone product that does not
> require you to grow market share of a mature market with lots of
> preexisting, big name competitors
> to make money. You have two possible revenue streams that are not hard
> tied to each other.
> RM

The new version of the Pulsonix software I use will import Eagle libraries,
apparently. I haven't tried it, though.

Leon