Homebrew PCBs

On 14/11/2013 07:12, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Mitch Davis <mjd@...> writes:
>> If you use gEDA, God help us all.
> You'd probably get more customers if you don't insult their tools, too.
>
>
I don't really understand this hate on a tool (or those who use it), 
I've found gEDA very useful and without it I wouldn't have been able to 
produce half of the boards I have done. Sure, you have to invest more 
learning time than some of the commercial tools, but investing that time 
has its benefits (understanding the PCB file format which is plain text 
lends itself very handily to scripting certain processes). I really 
appreciate a tool that allows me - a hobbyist - to create 4 and 6 layer 
boards without costing multiple thousands which I can ill afford and at 
the same time having documented and open file formats.