Don't get your proverbial panties in a twist, boys... If 2005 (as suggested below) is not a tested, confirmed cutoff date for Protel, my suggestion is this: Perform a date test yourself.
Increment the system clock by a year and run Protel. Do again until it breaks. Tada!, you've found the year at which you'll be out of luck. Honestly, I don't think the support issue is all that mysterious, since Protel has obsoleted the old product in favor of its current offering. Pretty standard behavior for many companies these days. Ever tried to get support for a Creative Labs "Waveblaster"? I remember purchasing one of these (a Proteus-based synthesizer engine daughtercard for the SB16/Awe-32 sounds cards) and within ~2 years, they had deleted all drivers and information for the original, and even though they had info on the version 2 model, they had also deleted drivers for it...Quite typical these days. If you provide support, then how can you force people to upgrade? My own expectation is that version specific files will begin disappearing from the Altium/Protel site. My suggestion, to anyonoe who cares, is to archive as much as you can (libraries, information, KB articles, etc.) while you can, as soon as you can. aj >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Guralnick >Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:35 PM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Cannot locate server initialization file:, >Answer2053 > >> What will Altium do if we call next year and say our P99SE doesn't >> work any more? Tell us to pay thousands to upgrade to 2004, >which we >> don't want? >> >> Jon >> >Remember: Altium is mysteriously stopping all P99SE support this year. >Could this timing be a coincidence, or not? > >They will probably ask us to upgrade, or, lock our clocks >before 2005 for as long as we wish to use P99SE. A little >tough especially once you connect to the internet with your >PC, WinXP auto looks for the current time & date from the web. > >________ >Brian G. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jon Elson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:55 PM >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Cannot locate server initialization file:, >Answer2053 > > >> >> >> Terry Creer wrote: >> >>>At least we can still use 99SE for about another 48 years!!! :) >>> >> No, that's not clear! We know it won't work in 2053, but has anyone >> tried 2005? How about 2010? That's kind of scary to think >that software >> supposedly licensed in perpetuity really has a time limit on it. >> What will Altium do if we call next year and say our P99SE doesn't >> work any more? Tell us to pay thousands to upgrade to 2004, which >> we don't want? >> >> Jon >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 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] >> >> > > > >____________________________________________________________ >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] > > ____________________________________________________________ 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]
