Re: gEDA-user: OT: Video camera hack

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 15, 2005, at 3:09 PM, John Doty wrote:
> > Hacking electronics seems on-topic to a hobby electronics group :-)
>
> Hobby? What hobby?

  I was looking for a diplomatic way to say exactly the same thing. :)

> Just last week, I was in Japan visiting a client. I showed them the
> preliminary work I've done on the project in gEDA. Gave them the 
> choice: I
> could spend $30k on licenses for the commercial EDA they were using and
> then learn it (with the meter running), or I could could continue in 
> gEDA
> and spend my time and their money on engineering instead. Funds and 
> time
> on this project aren't super tight, but they aren't unlimited, and 
> neither
> of us has perfect confidence in the paper budget and schedule. Took 
> them
> about a millisecond to come to the correct decision ;-)

  Bravo. :-)

           -Dave

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