> On 2017-02-14, at 16:51, Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com> wrote: > > On 2/14/2017 4:58 AM, Didier Derny wrote: >> >> with eagle 8 you have to take a subscription... and pay each month or year... >> >> I think it is time to move to Kicad... Yeah... we discussed it a few times, even here, and it always ended the same so far ;-) Maybe this time.. although I am afraid we shall stick to the EAGLE versions we have as long as any computer/OS that can run it is still working ;-) > Given the number of users upset at the licensing model change, I believe v7.X will be used for a long time. Like Ruud, I used v5.X for a long time, and it worked fine. As far as I can tell, v7 added no UI improvements. Versions >5 migrated the file format to XML, which many online services and utilities now expect. (3D visualization, panelization, etc.) > > Still, this ownership and licensing change will no doubt focus more attention on KiCAD improvements, which is a good thing. > > Not too long ago, open source projects chose EAGLE because it had a free version and it was far more functional than gEDA and KiCAD. The fact that EAGLE was itself not open source was a minor irritant. Now, it seems KiCAD almost matches EAGLE capabilities and is truly FLOSS. > > I envy folks like Steve. I didn't know either of the apps in 2004 but learned EAGLE as it seemed the best choice at the time. I /think/ at that time it was still a substantially more mature product anyway. > Now, I've gotten very adept at the tool, but the tool has fallen somewhat out of favor. I've attempted to migrate, but I am simply too efficient in EAGLE, and it's hard to justify using limited hobby time to learn a new tool when I can immediately deliver something with EAGLE. Thus, if you are just learning PCB CAD apps, I think learning KiCAD is a better choice. When KiCAD supports back annotations, I'll try once again to migrate. :-) "Metoo!" ;-) -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-02-14 18:00:02
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