Re: gEDA-user: fritzing

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 9, 2009, at 8:52 AM, David C. Kerber wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: fritzing
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>> On May 9, 2009, at 7:31 AM, David C. Kerber wrote:
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>>> Does it really matter *why* they use any given OS?  You
>> still need to
>>> make it relatively easy for them to use your software if
>> you want to
>>> grow it market.
>>
>> But we're not trying to sell this software to consumers. Our
>> interest is in recruiting users who will participate in its
>> further development. Our payback is having better tools to
>
> But they have to be users before they can become contributers.
>

OK, so why don't *you* create a Windows package? Our experience is  
that *everybody* who asks for a Windows package here expects somebody  
else to do the work for free. That certainly doesn't encourage effort  
in this direction. It reinforces the impression that there are  
essentially no Windows users willing to contribute.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@xxxxxxxxx




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