On 11/9/2017 2:34 PM, Ruud@Baltissen.org wrote: > > I just found out that Eagle is a part of AutoDesk (remember > AutoCAD?) now. Shouldn't be a problem but I often have the feeling > when taken over by a big company, the product becomes worse. > Conformation: it is only available in 64 bits. The main problem at present is that they have went to a "subscription" model, so you can't buy a perpetual license anymore. I suspect that those who own v6-v7 of EAGLE will just keep their copies for quite a while, as those use the new XML format. The v5 users (yourself) are more challenged, as you can't read the XML format and I am not sure you can buy v7.X from anywhere (maybe someone looking to sell their old copy?) I know the FLOSS folks have all embraced KiCAD, and kudos to Steve for moving to it. I have grown so accustomed to EAGLE over the last 14 years, and with the lack of auto back-annotation in KiCAD, I found no value in moving. -- Jim Brain brain@jbrain.com www.jbrain.com Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-11-09 21:02:08
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