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Nico Coesel wrote:
> "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's probably already been mentioned, but I just noticed that
>> Farnell have acquired Cadsoft (the makers of the Eagle PCB program):
>> http://www.cadsoftusa.com/farnell.htm
>> http://au.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke3.jsp?ICID=i-f4bf-00003029&bespokepage=farnell/en_SG/designlink/cadsoft.jsp
>>
>> Interesting...
>
> No. Weird! What does Farnell want with that software?

It's obvious.
Farnell (and others like Digikey etc) have had database portals in place for 
some time (after a long period of refusing access), where CAD software can 
now pull component data and pricing etc directly from their site.
It's the next CAD revolution, all of your data (schematic, footprint, 
datasheets, pricing, stock etc) will come direct from the likes of Farnell, 
Digikey, Mouser etc.
http://au.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke9.jsp?bespokepage=farnell/en_SG/designlink/index.jsp

If Farnell have their own ECAD software that links to this database then 
they will sell more parts.

Dave.

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