Re: gEDA-user: A little puzzled about the purpose of gschem

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On 22/04/10 16:09, al davis wrote:
> I find it somewhat ironic that "penguindevelopment.org" doesn't 
> seem to understand the concept.

Eh? I understand it perfectly well. The thing is, though, that sometimes
it is simply not practical to use FLOSS when you need a feature right
away that simply isn't there. Sometimes people just lack the skill
and/or time to contribute. Free and open source software is beautiful,
but that doesn't mean it always has everything to offer that is needed
for every single user, at any given moment. In this particular case, I
was simply replying to someone who appeared to want some features not
yet in gEDA. As such, I just don't understand why you blatantly assume I
don't understand the concept of FLOSS, or why you assumed I was bashing
anything - because I didn't. All I ever said was in this particular
case, another workflow - unfortunately one that isn't open-source -
might be better for this user.

That said, gEDA is a beautiful piece of software. It has a lot of
features, and is very powerful - but not quite as powerful as some other
programs, that unfortunately aren't open-source. Trust me, if I had the
time and skill to implement those features in gEDA, I would - but I don't.


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