<snip> Just my opinion, but I sure wouldn't put 'FPGA support' anywhere in the list of considerations for buying DXP/P2004. Or not until I heard a lot of *real* users raving about it. I may be wrong, but I would think that whatever exists in the FPGA support area of P2004 right now is probably exactly what will exist when the P2004 line finally vanishes, to be replaced by some new whiz-bang product.
I'm getting cynical in my old age... ======================= I agree with your comments - especially the above. I have enough trouble getting sense out of the primary silicon vendors (and interpreting the spec sheets etc, etc..) let alone committing to another huge list of uncertainties. Protel's original concept of a fully integrated design station for PCB silicon & copper is a great idea but the fact is that too much changes every WEEK for this to ever come close to a usable reality. I personally just wish PROTEL/Altium would focus on making PCB design improvements, getting all the 'fancy' tools associated with laying copper properly sorted, and fixing the numerous BUGS and defects that are so frustrating when you have been living with them for 5 years. I also will not consider paying a lot more money for the same set of problems in different flavours just to 'keep up with the Jones's. We will be sitting on our three 99SE site licenses for some time to come. For those of us who work on the coal-face with Protel, the bells & whistles not directly associated with getting good copper into/onto a glass-fibre substrate are mostly fluff - no matter what the sales-pitch promises to deliver. Regards, Jim Parr (DAY-ONE Digital Media Limited) ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
