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[Alain Mouette <alainm@...>]

Dick Hollenbeck escreveu:
> The cost of converting all the dialogs is far greater than the cost of 
> buying a new computer. I estimate the cost for a qualified developer to 
> go through every dialog in Kicad, reworking most including supporting 
> C++ code, would be in excess of $100,000. Who wants to spend that? 
> Which employer. Would it not be cheaper to buy software, or buy a computer?

The problem of Qualified developer is that it comes down to too few 
persons. And I would like to thank you, for one, very very much.

There are reasons why this topic came up: 1) you started the thread :) 
and 2) Lots of dialogs *are* being reworked.

If the ones that are being reworked can be ajusted even partialy, that 
is fine. What would be nice is to have a consensus and a set of rules 
for dialogs... Then someone else can work on that :)

> Can somebody unqualified (not valuable) do the work? I suppose a 
> university student who is transitioning from unqualified to qualified 
> may be the only kind of person that can afford to do this.

I agree

> These are economics, and the reality that will determine the likelihood 
> of our wishes. Economics will rule reality, always has and always will.

Reality sucks, but we get used to it

I wouldn't want any pressure on you because it would be unfair...
Thanks again,
Alain