George, You miss understood me.. I am not trying to discourage posting on any topic.. I just feel that it is better served via a survey form not thru live posts to gather information. Mike george.h.patrick 08/24/2004 11:51 AM Please respond to icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: [ICU Board Reponse] ICU2004: SKILL SIG, OpenSKILL Initiative Whoa there, buddy :) There are a number of messages passing thru this forum that are not of interest to a large proportion of the readers. Personally, I have never used Capture or any Orcad tool but I don't mind looking at the messages, because they are useful to others. I find those discussions distracting, but they are necessary. Why should discussions about SKILL be any different than discussions about Capture? -- George Patrick Tektronix, Inc. Central Engineering, PCB Design Group P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 Phone: 503-627-5272 Fax: 503-627-5587 http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com It's my opinion, not Tektronix' -----Original Message----- From: Michael.Catrambone@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Michael.Catrambone@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 09:41 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] [ICU Board Reponse] ICU2004: SKILL SIG, OpenSKILL Initiative Importance: High All, I have some comments to the email below. I think it is great that someone at Cadence has stepped up looking for input and feedback on the possibility of creating a SKILL Community public web site. Regarding interest in an ICU SKILL SIG we have guidelines in the ICU Bylaws http://www.cadenceusers.org/faq in the creation of new SIGs and the procedure in doing so. One final note, This email is not an official ICU Communications and the ICU Board was not aware of its content or objectives prior to its posting. Seeing users that subscribe to this forum may not be attending the ICU 2004 conference in Santa Clara we will work with David in getting an on-line survey created so your voice can be heard. Doing this information gathering on the forum is going to be a distraction for the users that are not interested in SKILL so an separate on-line survey form will be required. Details to follow.. Thanks, Michael Catrambone Communications Officer International Cadence Usergroup "David Witkowski" <davidw 08/23/2004 06:11 PM Please respond to icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: To: "David Witkowski" <davidw@xxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: [PCB_FORUM] ICU2004: SKILL SIG, OpenSKILL Initiative * If you are not a SKILL coder/developer feel free to disregard this message. * Greetings, At ICU2004 we will be seeking input & feedback on a couple of SKILL-related questions: 1. Is there sufficient interest in SKILL within the user-base to warrant the creation of an ICU SKILL SIG? 2a. Is there sufficient interest in SKILL within the user-base to warrant the creation and support of an open-source SKILL effort? This would take the form of a public website where members could donate SKILL code for the betterment of the community, collaborate on SKILL projects, and/or enhance any donated SKILL. 2b. If the interest in #2 is sufficient, what form should the public website take? Should it be hosted on Sourceforge, Sourcelink, other? What features should the website offer? (File respository, user-access controls, discussion forums, news/annoucements, etc? We will be distributing treeware response forms at the "Accelerated Layout Techpanel" at ICU2004 on Wednesday 9:30-10:30am. Please come by, pick up a form, and submit your feedback. Regards, ...dtw --- David T. 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