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Why not just switch to KiCAD rather than use eagle? I have found KiCAD is far superior at this point and is open source. They mostly have the ability to use eagle libraries in KiCAD now (although it is in alpha I think).

Maybe they could donate the $820 to support KiCAD?

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EAGLE is the tool they know. All their files are already in EAGLE's format, and even if KiCAD can "mostly" do import, that's not quite a matter of being able to pick up your design and keep on going.

In the electronics world, tool lock-in is a very real, strong, and painful force.

I don't have pity for people who choose to lock themselves in to tools and then ask for $800 because of it. Oh well, their choice! It really isn't much work to switch to KiCAD.

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