<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<TITLE>Message</TITLE>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sad to hear
that Ktechlab is in decline. I would like to make a suggestion that could help
to build up a</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>community of users
and gauge interest in the project.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some time ago I
started a yahoo group to help get people together to translate KICAD (a GPL
EDA suit) documentation</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>from French into
English. This was a success and It helped to expand the user
base.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since then a user
group and a developer group has been set up. The project is now very active and
has attracted a lot of </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>professional
developers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have also helped
the programme be adopted at the university where I work as a technician. I use
Kicad for all my PCB work</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>and it is
increasingly being used by students.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please tell me what
you think of this suggestion and if there is a positive response I may set up a
user group and act as moderator.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or maybe a developer
group would be more appropriate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please let me know
what you think.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>David</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609330420-01062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>