Re: gEDA-user: challenge from sci.electronics.cad

[Marvin Dickens <marvindickens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ldoolitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 11:18:52PM -0500, Randall Nortman wrote:
>   
> > > Right......... gimmee the names of some well known companies using gEDA
> > > on serious, mission critcal projects????
> > >       
>
> Companies don't use gEDA.  People use gEDA.   1/2 :-)
>   
I would imagine that lots of small companies who do work for *very* 
large companies
use gEDA. I know we use gEDA at work and further, the 80% of our 
customers are
fortune 500 companies.  With that said, having a debate/argument over 
who is using
gEDA is waste of time (At least, IMO).

Most people who find gEDA difficult to use do not understand the work 
flow and/or the
utility programs that glue the different applications together. It has 
been my experience
that it is these same people who say no one is using gEDA (Or they are 
Microsoft trolls
looking for a place to insert some fud and should be ignored). Regarding 
users who
can't or won't figure out how the work flow and/or utilities that 
facilitate the work flow in
gEDA - This is the group that needs a work flow framework with a GUI 
interface.

A lot of users of gEDA may say these people are lazy and don't want to 
take the time to
figure out how to get data from one program to another. In fact, with a 
certain percent of
this group, I am sure this is true. However, the employees of most 
businesses do
not have the time to figure it out - If they are any good at what they 
do, their plate is already
full and the learning curve for gEDA is steep in comparison to 
commercial programs that
have a work flow framework with a GUI.

OTOH, once one person in the business is familiar with how gEDA works, 
mentoring
usage is a no brainer.



Best



Marvin