Stefan Salewski wrote: > On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 11:43 +0100, Chris Smith wrote: >> Stefan Salewski wrote: >>> It's hard for me to imagine an engineer who can not install an OS, when >> The issue is not their /ability/ to install, but whether they should be >> /forced/ to install an OS. > > I am forced to read and write in english language to participate to this > list ;-) > > But seriously: > > Nobody is forced -- but if somebody is interested in FOS he can install > an FOS operating system beside his commercial one. Why should anyone have to? In this day and age, with the number and maturity of cross-platform GUI development libraries, there are no reasonable justifications I can think of for producing an application tied to a particular platform. What is the goal of gEDA? To produce a first-class suite of EDA programs, or to further the cause of GNU/Linux? Most people don't care about operating systems, FOS or otherwise; they care about getting things done, and sharing their data with whomever they choose. That requires applications which are cross-platform and/or use standard, open file formats. gEDA at least wins the latter. I attended an Altium roadshow last month and said much the same thing. Do you have a Linux client? No. Do you use open file formats? No. Why should I use an application that locks my data down such that I can't share it with colleagues using different applications or platforms? No answer. >> I find it ironic that the FOSS community is so outspoken on the evils of >> vendor lock-in, but will happily accept it if it forces people to use >> FOSS OS's. In my eyes, forcing people to install Linux to use $TOOL is >> no less evil that forcing people to install Windows to use MS Office. >> > > I think most gEDA users and developers will be happy if someone makes a > fine Windows port. But this is work, and most have other priorities. I wrote that in response to a couple of posters to this thread who seem keen to use gEDA's '*nix only' status as a tool to pry users away from Windows. >> I am about to start work on a project with another engineer who uses >> Windows. I would dearly love to use gEDA for this project, however I >> respect his choice of OS and thus we will be forced to use something >> like Eagle instead. > > Why not KiCAD? It IS available for Windows and Linux! And as Joerg told > us it is fine. My point was that I will have to use something other than gEDA, and the more people who have to do likewise, the more potential users/contributors the gEDA project loses. > "I like FOS, but only if it looks and behaves identical to my current > commercial software." I can understand this desire, I am lazy too. I'm not sure where you got that from, but it's certainly not my opinion! :) Chris -- Chris Smith <cjs94@xxxxxxxxxx>
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