Re: gEDA-user: Introduction and some questions/thoughts on gEDA/gaf...

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@xxxxxxxx>]

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>Sorting chips by function (opamp, regulators, microcontrollers..) should be 
>better since manufacturers of some chips change but the names are preserved.
>For example old uA723 is now made by Texas and not by Fairchild who introduced
>the prefix uA (originally "micro"A) in 1970's. Some popular chips can have 
>many manufacturers, so it will make the problem where to put them.
>

	Hmmm.  An interesting idea.  Currently, there are directories 
(like micro or tube) which are exactly this.  Does this really scale?
What do others think of this?

								-Ales