Re: gEDA-user: fritzing

[Joerg <joergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 11:28 -0700, Joerg wrote:
>> We can bitch 
>> and moan about MS but the fact remains that by not having a ready-to-go 
>> Windows build gEDA alienates something like 99% of potential users.
> 
> 
> My very personal view:
> People not interested in Linux are not interested in free software at
> all. They may be interested to save some bucks, but they may use illegal
> copies with more fun than really free, open source software.
> 
> People not able to install a multiboot system on their PC will not be
> able to to build some fine electronics and to contribute to free
> software. OK, they may contribute some stupid questions...
> 

IMHO that is fundamentally wrong. How many successful race car drivers 
these days do you think can disassemble and re-assemble a Ferrari engine 
_and_ tune it properly?

I know several fine electronics engineers who are not at all versed in 
fixing a PC, let alone install an OS. In fact, this is the majority of 
top notch engineers that I know.


> Gimp for Windows exists, but many people still use commercial software
> (often illegal copies) for doing things that Gimp can do very well.
> 

I have never illegally copied anything. Yet I was able to do everything 
needed in engineering with CAD, SPICE, word processors, MS-Works, some 
other programs and the stuff that comes pre-installed on a PC. Yes, I 
can install an OS and have done so but I am not particularly good at 
that, probably a lot worse than you'd be at it. Yet I have designed 
electronics that have sucessfully and profitably remained in production 
for more than a decade. Oh, and I've made a good living doing that, so far.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

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