On Thursday 29 May 2008, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:29:03PM -0400, al davis wrote: > > On Thursday 29 May 2008, Ben Jackson wrote: > > > LTspice is all about that. You could probably steal > > > something from that. > > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:29:03PM -0400, al davis wrote: > > That's like recommending Eagle when someone asks for help > > on PCB. > > Not at all. LTspice is still a spice front end. I don't > think you have to use any of the windows parts of it to > benefit from the models and examples. > > If Eagle came with a bunch of PCB-compatible footprints I'd > certainly tell PCB users to download it.
LTspice is all about proprietary lock-in. LTspice comes with proprietary models, a proprietary front end, etc. Eagle doesn't come with a bunch of PCB compatible footprints for obvious reasons. Politically, the biggest difference between LTspice and Eagle is that LTspice is derived from an open-source program, taking the free code and making it proprietary. Eagle did more of their own work. They didn't have a spice to steal. The plus side of LTspice, like the plus side of Eagle, .... Some things are done well, and it may make sense for the developers of our tools to learn from them. But, for gnucap, wherever it is lacking, it is not because a lack of know-how. It is limited time and support. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
