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<20150608222056 DOT 10601 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <218C63C4-B2B5-4DFB-A995-B170E7591B6F AT noqsi DOT com> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:13:28 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] Any news about FOSS EDA coordination? Import/export, common file format From: "Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com)" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113ed40c100d9005182f8223 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --001a113ed40c100d9005182f8223 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:25 AM, John Doty wrote: > > > There was once an effort to do this: EDIF. A lot of people and companies > put a lot of effort into it, and it failed. But an effort that concentrated > on the feasible parts of the problem, netlists and BOMs, might succeed. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > > > And 20 years later the IC community did the same thing and came up with IP-Xact that is now meeting the same fate. Those who refuse to study history.... John Eaton --001a113ed40c100d9005182f8223 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:25 AM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> w= rote:

There was once an effort t= o do this: EDIF. A lot of people and companies put a lot of effort into it,= and it failed. But an effort that concentrated on the feasible parts of th= e problem, netlists and BOMs, might succeed.

John Doty=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0<= /span>Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.

And 20 ye= ars later the IC community did the same thing and came up with IP-Xact that= is now meeting the same fate. Those who refuse to study history....

John= Eaton

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