XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:18:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 20:16:09 +0200, Jeroen Belleman wrote:   
   >   
   >> "When the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to think of   
   >> everything else as a nail."   
   >   
   >The thing with Open Source is, you learn to use a range of tools.   
   >   
   >Of course, the costs do add up. One tool might only be $0, but then you   
   >realize that’s $0 *per seat*, and the following month you discover you   
   >have to pay another $0 to keep using the tool, and so on every month, or   
   >even every week. Pretty soon you find you’re paying $00, or even $000 if   
   >you don’t keep your costs under control. It’s just too tempting to add   
   >more pieces of software to do more different jobs.   
      
   If a PCB sells for $5000, and we plan to sell hundreds of them, we'd   
   certainly lose sleep over the $0 cost of the layout tools.   
      
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