Mira,
I forgot to have them book my seats when they called, I hope there are
window seats, not over the wing still available. 8^>
I had wondered about the motivation and rigidity of the details as
well. To some degree I am sure you are right. I didn't put a lot of faith in it
initially, not until they backed up their telephone comments in a written
announcement email with written quotes attached (both pre and post this
mysterious date) with all the details outlined.
Seems the email is being sent individually by the sales reps since it
doesn't appear to be a mass mailing. That and the fact it had the quotes
attached.
I have to say that there is a possibility that we will upgrade. I have
looked at our future roadmap for a while now and don't really see other
plausible options for price verses performance. The recent about-face from
Altium regarding support would be grain of sand that toppled the scale. Without
that visible effort to support DXP PCB & SCH tools I would walk in a moment
regardless. I don't need to fight for support while fighting to learn and use
the tool.
Whether or not we upgrade now, that is in the hands of others who may
be very much tougher to convince or to open the purse strings at this moment.
You know the deal, it may be possible but the timing is poor and it was
definitely not a budgeted item. Would have been nice to have been able to
include it in a budget, obviously Altium doesn't consider such capital budget
items when developing and implementing their policies. Or they would realize
that their customers go through the same processes for large capital
expenditures. Duh!
Sincerely,
Brad Velander
Senior PCB Designer
Northern Airborne Technology
1925 Kirschner Rd.,
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7.
tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225
fax (250) 762-3374
-----Original Message-----
From: Mira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May 16, 2005 2:25 PM
To: Protel EDA Discussion List
Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [PEDA] Have you all heard the latest DXP upgrade
news? - Email found in subject
Brad,
Altium is checking as how many of you would upgrade if
the price jumps up.
Did they offer a round trip to Australia for two
together with the upgrade? Or maybe they forgot to
tell you that the price was included...
Mira
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