Don't forget you are expressing all this on a public forum..... You are playing poker with your cards up on the table......
You need to express your concerns 1-on-1, not publicly like this.... Software EDA has become so competitive that everyone gets a unique price which they are asked NOT to reveal to anyone...... I experienced this with 2 EDA vendors directly...... TDK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Velander Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:32 PM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Have you all heard the latest DXP upgrade news? 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 ____________________________________________________________ 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]
