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Re: gEDA-user: FUNDING

Andrew,
Thanks for the reply. It is a bit hard to read here because all the lines are run together. Kaimartin has indicated this is because of using transfer encoding "base64". Any chance you can resend this in a different format? 

Rick


At 03:48 AM 12/15/2010, you wrote:
>> Negotiating with IEEE is a good idea. ... >> but I'd ask them to put links to our website, or give them lectures about the >> project. > I think working with the IEEE is a good idea. ... > I am the chair of the IEEE consultants network in Washington, DC. I apologise for being flippant in my previous message - it's amazing who is listening! A talk would be great, I am unsure who is near Washington (anyone?) - the developers are very geographically distributed. (part of the amazing world of open source development!) I would be happy to put forward case studies & images, if a potential speaker wanted it. Would you consider a web cast? > I'm not sure how you might go about getting money from them for FOSS development, > but there might be something available. I have more experience with the IET in the UK, who sometimes have grants and things available, but have trouble advertising them! >  We would be interested in working with anyone here to help > promote gEDA to the rest of IEEE.  Specifically, we would be happy to host a > presentation if someone would like to tell our group about gEDA and why > consultants should be interested in supporting the project. gEDA (& FOSS in general) is powerful for consultants and small companies, for example I can support designs indefinitely - knowing that I won't have to suddenly pay for a license fee for software that I might no longer use, just to access my own design! Compare this to a proprietary tool, where an instant fee would be required for the slightest change even years after I stop using that software for new designs. > I can introduce the group to some of the local IEEE bodies and explore > the possibilities available for funding. I can't really speak for the development team, but this sounds awesome to me! gEDA is a community driven project for engineers and by engineers - this really does make it a bit special. The fact is that I find it has many qualities that are lacking in even the most expensive EDA tools. Check out Peter C's open GL pcb branch to see some amazing looking PCB layout tools! What would be the next steps? To the developers: How would you like to proceed? > I would offer to be a spokesperson for gEDA, but I know little about it.  I > am here to try to learn. The learning curve can be steep at times; I think that this is because the workflow is a little more UNIX-like. Stick with it if you can, learning gEDA gave me a better understanding of other tools too, so I hope you'll find it worthwhile. There is also a kind of exhilarating feeling to knowing that the gEDA isn't going to limit you, that is to say that there are no 'edges' - if you have the skills and the time (thought it could even mean delving into the code!) anything conceivable can be done! -- â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??    Andrew Whyte MEng CEng â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â?¡    @ - aw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    â?¨ - www.paramita-electronics.com    â?? - +44 (0) 79 81 01 61 85 â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â??â?? _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user 



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