Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Werner Almesberger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:werner@openmoko.org">werner@openmoko.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Returning to the technical side, we don't have to wait for all of those<br></div>
decisions to be taken. If we consider an as-open-as-possible process,<br>
then there are obstacles that can be worked on even without having the<br>
full set of objectives mapped out.<br>
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E.g., Openmoko relied on proprietary tools for EDA and CAD. Replacing<br>
them with Free Software would be desirable within the framework of<br>
trying to open the process.<br>
<br>
Would there be interest in starting such an activity ?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ideally, and ideologically, I think yes. Long term, we should be looking at replacing such tools.</div><div><br></div><div>Practically, I'm not sure. I don't know what the CAD guys want/need from tools. I think of the Gimp, which in an early version was as useful as Adobe tools to me. However, to an Artist friend, he said after playing with it a long time, it was cute but mostly not ready for prime time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, I think the most important thing here is ... what are the requirements for the software, and how do the guys working with the CAD files find _current_ FOSS CAD programs?</div><div><br></div><div>Gerald.</div>
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