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Re: gEDA-user: Article in Circuit Cellar, not quite there yet.



How about trying IEEE's Spectrum?  It's unlikely you would get much
space but you would get exposure to a much different audience.

John Dozsa

Stuart Brorson wrote:
> 
> Hi --
> 
> I'm happy to hear that the article is receiving notice!
> 
> > I have been a subscriber of CC for years and was very exited to see
> > that there is a feature article on gEDA in issue #176 written by
> > Stuart, Ales and Dan.
> 
> Yeah, thanks to Ales & Dan for their help with the article!
> 
> > CC does not very often mention open-source software as it is a
> > HW-centric magazine (one of the few left out there) and the article
> > stands out as something special. It is not a typical CC article and
> > there is no assembler :-)
> 
> Heh.  We originally targeted EDN, but the EDA editor there was totally
> allergic to open-source projects.  Therefore, we decided to look for
> other venues.  Maybe we'll try EDN again in a year.
> 
> We decided to go to Circuit Cellar because CC's audience seems to be
> engineers who like to play with both HW and SW.  It also has a strong
> hobbiest/DIY readership.  Therefore, an article about gEDA is a
> natural fit.  The articles are part of a campaign to "get the word
> out".
> 
SNIP..
> Stuart