Re: gEDA-user: gEDA gets some great press!

[Marvin Dickens <mpdickens@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:22 -0500, Dale Grover wrote:

> I bought the schematic entry/pcb/autorouter package a few years from 
> Electronics Workbench.  It crashed frequently for me, had problems 
> with new part design, and in general frustrated me so much that I 
> gave up using it.  I would specifically not associate the words 
> "professional caliber" with that software.  Granted, this is a sales 
> and marketing person, and perhaps the software has been improved 
> tremendously and is now "professional caliber," but it did give me a 
> laugh reading this.
> 
> It is a pleasure using open-source tools such as PCB, and my thanks 
> go out to the folks who have put so much time and effort into the 
> tools.

Typically, I lurk on this list and do not post. However, in this case
I'm making an exception:

The word(s) "polished" and "professional caliber" in this instance refer
to gui window dressing and not
to stability or usability. I have found the geda tools
stable and reliable. I tried electronics workbench and
quite frankly, it was not reliable in many areas that
I needed reliablity in. Further, I use many of the geda tools for real
work - not hobby stuff and have
found them to be stable, reliable and usable.

In short, this is a marketing Talking Head doing what
a Marketing Talking Head does: Talking about things
they do not understand and using FUD.

Regards


Marvin Dickens
Alpharetta, Georgia  USA