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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! It's always nice to hear such things.

On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 07:50:36AM +0100, jp charras wrote:
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> Sujet : 	KiCad
> Date : 	Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:00:48 +0000
> De : 	James Falbo <jfalbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Pour : 	jean-pierre.charras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <jean-pierre.charras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Dear Jean-Pierre,
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> I want to thank you for your vision with KiCAD. You should be very proud of the platform and tool it
> has become. Electronics hobbyist finally have a free limitless package they can use to layout their
> own PCB -- of a variety of sizes and layers.  I lead the Electronics Club at the University of Akron
> (in Akron, Ohio in the US) and I’m going to teach the engineering students how to use your KiCAD to
> make schematics and layout their own PCBs so they can become more hands on engineering students.
>  I’m not sure what “Ki” stands for but it is a nice easy name to remember.  I suspect it’s an
> abbreviation of a French word.
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> I especially appreciate how most options are shown on the side bars of the KiCad screen. That makes
> it easy. Last night I made my first schematic part (a microchip part) and got a bit confused about
> how to properly save it in a new library, but it all worked out. It was quite easy to make the part!
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> Anyhow, I just wanted to say thank you from abroad and let you know that hobbyist in Ohio are using
> your software. You may not know this but Thomas Edison was born in Ohio, about 1.5 hours west of
> here. If he was living in modern times he too would be using your KiCad!
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> James Falbo
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> Agratronix
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> VP of Product Development
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> Electronics Cub Mentor
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