Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 15:06:51 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: dwilde1@thuntek.net Cc: Michael Kenneth Henry <mhenry@black.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An article from Microsoft Message-ID: <37FD89FB.A73DC41@newsguy.com> References: <19991008003859.BFB6014BB7@hub.freebsd.org> <37FD4D1E.62F585E8@thuntek.net>
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Donald Wilde wrote: > > I'll give you a clue... that's an understatement. :-) I need something > which will work for multiple generations of a board, ending up with a > surface-mount design. I need design-rule checking on the fly, because > often the schematic changes on an hourly basis. I also need stuff thast > makes drill 'tapes' for production boards as well. The reality is that > FreeBSD (and that L OS) are far short of engineeering tools with the > notable exception of Mathematica. If Intel can use it, why can't you??? > just crude proto's. One evenmtually needs to send the client pro-quality > boards, and neither of the Open Source EDA packages can fill the bill. Ah, but we are not restricting ourselves to the Open Source EDA packages, are we? There are commercial EDAs available. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "I always feel generous when I'm in the inner circle of a conspiracy to subvert the world order and, with a small group of allies, just defeated an alien invasion. Maybe I should value myself a little more?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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