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"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:

>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.

That makes sense. I have been using a database like that for many
years but I always maintained that myself. For some reason Cadence's
products seem to be missing from the list.

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