I've mentioned it before, but I'm seriously looking for a replacement PCB CAD tool for Altium for future use on the blog, my own projects, and PCB tutorials etc.
I know KiCAD is absolutely no match for the likes of Altium, but it's open source, it's free, it's multi-platform, and it will grow if people get involved and support it.
I feel sorry that Eagle became the defacto OSHW tool just because a few early OSHW advocates happened to use the free version, that could have just as easily been KiCAD.
And I'm not that keen to advocate yet another commercial package, even it does have a free version available, like Eagle and DIPtrace et.al because, well, they are commercial packages just like Altium.
There is something compelling about supporting an open source tool, and I know it's going to have issues, but unless it's got some absolute show-stoppers, then I think I'll pursue KiCAD and support it because it just makes sense to.
I'm not sure how much time the programmers spend on KiCAD, it's most likely just an after hours thing for them, but it would be great to see some more community involvement and perhaps even some sort of community funding to help the tool grow.
Dave.