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Farnell Buys CadSoft!

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Hi Everyone,

 

For those who didn't see this in the German forums, I'll repost the

link...

 

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/24/47028/premier-farnell-buys-design-software-firm-cadsoft.htm

 

I actually stumbled into Element14 last week and say that they had some

stuff on EAGLE and that they linked to Newark (Farnell company) with pages

listing that they were selling EAGLE.  I thought that was odd.

 

I'm not sure what this means for all of us.  Interesting days ahead...

 

James.

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  • Jeff Keyzer wrote:

     

     

    As a professional user of Eagle, I hope that whatever happens, Eagle

    continues to be maintained and supported at the professional level.

    Eagle is by far the most cost effective CAD tool for small businesses

    doing advanced multilayer PCBs, and I would like to see it stay that way!

     

    - Jeff

     

    I echo everything Jeff said, and would like to add that I hope Eagle

    continues to maintain the superb cross-platform capability it has today.

    Eagle 3.5 Pro was the first professional application I bought for Linux 10

    years ago, and have upgraded twice since. In those ten years I've migrated

    my license across 3 different distributions (Redhat, Debian, and now

    Gentoo) and never had a problem with compatibility. In all those years--and

    dozens of multilayer boards--I only remember it crashing once. It just

    works.

     

    In a world seemingly full of clueless .NET programmers who wouldn't even

    know how to compile their code if the 'Build Project' button disappeared

    from their Visual Studio GUI, it's been soooo nice to work with software

    designed by programmers who obviously knew how to do the job right across

    all three major platforms. Kudos to the engineers! I wish you (and us

    customers) success in the transition.

     

    Bob

     

     

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  • Jeff Keyzer wrote:

     

     

    As a professional user of Eagle, I hope that whatever happens, Eagle

    continues to be maintained and supported at the professional level.

    Eagle is by far the most cost effective CAD tool for small businesses

    doing advanced multilayer PCBs, and I would like to see it stay that way!

     

    - Jeff

     

    I echo everything Jeff said, and would like to add that I hope Eagle

    continues to maintain the superb cross-platform capability it has today.

    Eagle 3.5 Pro was the first professional application I bought for Linux 10

    years ago, and have upgraded twice since. In those ten years I've migrated

    my license across 3 different distributions (Redhat, Debian, and now

    Gentoo) and never had a problem with compatibility. In all those years--and

    dozens of multilayer boards--I only remember it crashing once. It just

    works.

     

    In a world seemingly full of clueless .NET programmers who wouldn't even

    know how to compile their code if the 'Build Project' button disappeared

    from their Visual Studio GUI, it's been soooo nice to work with software

    designed by programmers who obviously knew how to do the job right across

    all three major platforms. Kudos to the engineers! I wish you (and us

    customers) success in the transition.

     

    Bob

     

     

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