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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can I just copy all this and claim I wrote it? It sounds good ;)

On Feb 2, 2017 2:11 PM, "Jon Evans" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As a mostly user and occasional code hacker, here are my thoughts:
>
> The EDA tool industry is trending towards more integration, as many of the
> commercial products were originally formed from separate applications
> (often from separate companies originally).  I have used a number of
> commercial products and they are all this way. Having separate applications
> with separate lineage makes for less-than-optimal usability and workflow,
> and so all the vendors are trying to move towards integration -- either by
> putting everything in a single binary, or more often, keeping multiple
> binaries, but branding them together, making sure the UIs look consistent,
> and having lots of integration between them so it doesn't feel like a
> struggle to go between the different binaries for different parts of the
> EDA workflow.
>
> So, I'm in favor of rebranding the KiCad applications, because I think
> it's in line with the work you all are doing to improve the user workflow
> and improve the integration between the schematic, layout, and library
> workflows.  I also think it would be good to include the name change in a
> "marketing message" to the user community about a focus on the whole EDA
> workflow, not separate applications in silos.  Even if you technically can
> run the schematic editor separate from the PCB layout tool, if you have the
> *mindset* that they are all pieces of the same puzzle and need to fit
> together, it can influence the philosophy of the project.
>
> But, as JP mentioned, this would be a big deal in terms of documentation
> and resources on the web.  I would suggest that the problems can be
> overcome, but only if the communications and timing of the change is
> handled well.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 1:54 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Le 02/02/2017 à 19:13, Pedro Martin a écrit :
>> > Hi Chris,
>> >
>> > Beginners solve this issue... reading the manual.
>> >
>> > Why not keep the actual names only because JP named them this way?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Pedro.
>> >
>>
>> Thanks Pedro.
>> But the major issue which must be taken in account it not that.
>>
>> Changing names has serious results:
>> * Documentation and all the translations has to be modified.
>> Opinion was asked to devs, to users, but not to doc
>> writers/translators,and this is really not fair.
>> * Links on Internet cannot be modified, and there are a lot of hits
>> regarding kicad:
>> I really agree Cvpcb is not a good name, but just try "Cvpcb" on Google .
>>
>> Before changing these names you have to  *seriously* think to the results.
>> (Think about that not only twice, but 3 times about that)
>>
>> --
>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>>
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