gEDA-user: geda/PCB missing in 'Elektor' CAD software comparison

[Christoph Lechner <cl0023@xxxxxxx>]

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Hi all,

in the recent 'Elektor' Sep. 08 issue (Elektor is a hobbyist level
magazine about electronics sold in Germany and some other countries)
they have a article mentioning about 30 CAD software packages (some sort
of market survey). But the geda suite is missing there. PCB is missing
as well! But: IMHO I think that the geda+PCB suite can out-perform most
of the packages there.

I know that some geda hackers from Germany are hanging out here. So why
don't we send a letter to the editor, pointing out that there is free
software out there? They (the folks at Elektor) even encourage to do so,
if readers think something's missing!

The range of software packages featured is from some feature limited, so
called "free" (not open source!) programs, up to the EUR 3000 range. The
only open source software is KiCad.
They wrote some paragraphs about every package about what's good and
what's not. They looked for schematic capture, PCB layout, auto routing
and simulation.

regards,
	- cl
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